BACKGROUND
There has been little systematic research on the mortality impact of COVID-19 in the Native American population.

OBJECTIVE
We provide estimates of loss of life expectancy in 2020 and 2021 relative to 2019 for the Native American population.

METHODS
We use data on age-specific all-cause mortality rates from CDC WONDER and the 2019 life table recently released by the National Vital Statistics System for Native Americans to calculate life tables for the Native American population in 2020 and 2021 and to obtain estimates of life expectancy reductions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

RESULTS
The pandemic has set Native Americans further behind other major racial/ethnic groups in terms of life expectancy. The estimated loss in life expectancy at birth for Native Americans is 4.5 years in 2020 and 6.4 years in 2021 relative to 2019.

CONCLUSIONS
These results underscore the disproportionate share of deaths experienced by Native Americans: a loss in life expectancy at birth in 2020 that is more than three years above that for Whites and about 1.5 years above the losses for the Black and Latino populations. Despite a successful vaccination campaign among Native Americans, the estimated loss in life expectancy at birth in 2021 unexpectedly exceeds that in 2020.



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COVID-19 大流行期间美洲原住民的预期寿命下降（作者：Noreen Goldman、Theresa Andrasfay）

 背景

关于 COVID-19 对美洲原住民死亡率影响的系统研究很少。

 客观的

我们提供了 2020 年和 2021 年美洲原住民人口相对 2019 年预期寿命损失的估计。

 方法

我们使用 CDC WONDER 的特定年龄全因死亡率数据以及美洲原住民国家生命统计系统最近发布的 2019 年生命表来计算 2020 年和 2021 年美洲原住民人口的生命表，并获得寿命估计值COVID-19 大流行期间的预期降低。

 结果

这场大流行使美洲原住民的预期寿命进一步落后于其他主要种族/族裔群体。与 2019 年相比，美洲原住民出生时预期寿命预计在 2020 年减少 4.5 岁，在 2021 年减少 6.4 岁。

 结论

这些结果突显了美洲原住民所经历的死亡比例过高：2020 年出生时的预期寿命损失比白人高出 3 年多，比黑人和拉丁裔人口损失的预期寿命高出约 1.5 年。尽管美洲原住民的疫苗接种运动取得了成功，但 2021 年出生时预期寿命的估计损失却出人意料地超过了 2020 年。