Changes in life expectancy at birth during the COVID-19 pandemic and contributions by cause of death in British Columbia, Canada

Description: Studies have shown that excess all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic caused declines of life expectancy at birth (LE0) in most countries around the world, after decades of improvement prior to the pandemic. However, those studies rarely examined the contributions from specific causes of death other than COVID-19. This study aimed to quantify the changes from 2019 to each year during the pandemic and the contributions from COVID-19, unregulated drug toxicity, and other causes of death in British Columbia, Canada.

Issue Number: 2025002

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202500200001-eng