An important indicator of population health, life expectancy reflects the various social and health crises that our society is undergoing. While we still barely measure the effects that the Kovid-19 pandemic will have on the life expectancy of various countries, a new study from the University of Newcastle, England, shows that the United Kingdom is already experiencing a significant decline in its life. Had to be born at the age of 65 and expectation of his life after the financial crisis of 2008. The results have been published in the journal Lancet Regional Health – Europe.

A life expectancy that has stabilized since 2011

As a direct result of the 2008 global financial crisis, the economic crisis has severely affected life expectancy across the channel since 2011, while other EU member states such as Germany, Portugal and France are doing better.

Thus, in 2008, life expectancy at birth was the highest for women in France (84.8 years) and in Sweden for men (79.2 years), while in Lithuania and Bulgaria it was the lowest (65.9 years for men and 77.0 years for women).

In 2016, the highest life expectancy for men was recorded in Italy (81.0 years) and in Spain for women (86.3 years). Lithuania and Bulgaria again have an average life expectancy of 69.1 years for men and 78.5 years for women.

The United Kingdom, for its part, recorded a life expectancy of 81.8 years for women (17) in 2008^I European rank) and 77.7 years for men (10)^I Post). In 2016, it was 79.4 years for men and 83.0 years for women.

If life expectancy at birth increased in the space of eight years, researchers’ modeling suggests that the increase in life expectancy of women and men at age 65 has slowed significantly since 2011. Thus it was 17.6 years for men and 20.2 years for men. In 2008 for women, and 21.1 years for women and 18.8 years for men.

France, Germany and Portugal experienced a similar recession, although less than in Britain. The country is also experiencing a decrease in its healthy life expectancy, while this figure has increased in most member states of the union.

A Health System Under Pressure

How to explain this recession in the rise in life expectancy in the United Kingdom? Dr. Claire Welsh of Newcastle University argues that A. “Reduction in public spending on health and social care in the context of austerity” As is to be said “Seasonal flu mortality increases with more frequent extremes of temperature”, To “Higher proportion of population in ‘sensitive’ group of elderly and vulnerable”, And finally “High mortality in working age population”.

“Since other countries in the European Union have already achieved a higher life expectancy than the UK, it does not seem likely that the recession in the UK is due to the fact that man’s lifespan is close to its natural maximum. It states Is our health and well-being. The system was already under pressure from the influence of Kovid-19 “, She analyzes.