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Japanese life expectancy falls in 2022 for 2nd straight year - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average life expectancy of Japanese people declined in 2022 for the second straight year, affected significantly by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the health ministry.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Huh, is this a world-wide trend? The US's life expectancy keeps falling too...

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

Not really, a lot of countries already reversed the trend from 2021

The US is one of the worst performers.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01450-3

[–] ladybug@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There were also instances where deceased people were misrepresented as still living so relatives could collect on their pension. When the government began cracking down and the numbers corrected, the reported population of extreme elderly shrank. Obviously it isn’t the only reason, but it may have some impact.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/scandal-missing-100-year-olds-graying-japan/story?id=11393615

[–] CliveRosfield@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wondering if it’s Covid

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the very first line of the article and the blurb autopulled into the body of the post:

The average life expectancy of Japanese people declined in 2022 for the second straight year, affected significantly by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the health ministry.

[–] CliveRosfield@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still wondering if it’s Covid

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it’s a mystery all right.