Will survivors of the first year of the pandemic have lower mortality?

Wettstein, Gal

Will survivors of the first year of the pandemic have lower mortality?

Wettstein, Gal, Nilufer Gok, Anqi Chen, and Alicia Haydock Munnell. “Will survivors of the first year of the pandemic have lower mortality?”. Issue in Brief 22-17, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, October 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109557.

Abstract

The brief's key findings are: (1) In the first year of the pandemic, 300,000 Americans ages 60+ died from COVID, with the oldest and least healthy at greater risk. (2) The question here is, since those who died tended to be more vulnerable, to what extent will the survivors have lower mortality rates? (3) The analysis estimates that mortality did decline, but only slightly. (4) This impact is small because the number of COVID deaths, though a terrible toll, is not large relative to the overall population.

Title: Will survivors of the first year of the pandemic have lower mortality?
Author: Wettstein, Gal
Gok, Nilufer
Chen, Anqi
Munnell, Alicia Haydock
School: Carroll School of Management
Discipline: Finance
Center: Center for Retirement Research
Genre: report
Date Issued: October 2022
Publisher: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title: Issue in Brief
Series Number: 22-17
Persistent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109557
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Subject: Health/Long-Term Care

Will survivors of the first year of the pandemic have lower mortality?

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