Table 1:
Estimates of life expectancy and losses in life expectancy for the Native American population
| Birth (e0) | Age 65 (e65) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both Sexes | Female | Male | Both Sexes | Female | Male | |
| 2019 | ||||||
| Life expectancy | 71.8 | 75.0 | 68.6 | 18.2 | 19.5 | 16.7 |
| 2020 | ||||||
| COVID-19 deaths | 4,265 | |||||
| Life expectancy | 67.3 | 70.8 | 64.0 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 14.9 |
| Reduction in ex from 2019 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | ||||||
| COVID-19 deaths | 4,615 | |||||
| Life expectancy | 65.4 | 69.2 | 62.0 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 14.9 |
| Reduction in ex from 2019 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
Notes: Apart from life expectancy values from 2019 provided by NVSS, all life expectancy estimates are the authors’ calculations. Estimates for 2020 and 2021 are based on all-cause mortality data provided by CDC WONDER and are considered provisional for 2021. Life expectancy estimates for Native Americans have been adjusted for racial misclassification using classification ratios published by NVSS (2021).