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. 2024 Jan 1;184(1):108-110.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.6041.

Widening Gender Gap in Life Expectancy in the US, 2010-2021

Brandon W Yan  1   2 , Elizabeth Arias  3 , Alan C Geller  2 , Donald R Miller  4 , Kenneth D Kochanek  3 , Howard K Koh  2
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Widening Gender Gap in Life Expectancy in the US, 2010-2021

Brandon W Yan et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
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This cross-sectional study systematically examines the contributions of COVID-19 and other underlying causes of death to the widened gender life expectancy gap from 2010 to 2021.

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Figure.. Leading Contributors (Increasing and Decreasing) to the Differential Change in Life Expectancy Between Men and Women Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2010-2019 (A) and 2019-2021 (B)
Perinatal conditions: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision [ICD-10] codes P00-P96); maternal conditions were pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (ICD-10 codes O00-O99).
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