Estimations of future life expectancy of New Zealanders have declined over the last few years. Each cohort is still expected to live longer than previous cohorts – people born in 2000 should live longer on average than people born in 1990, for example – but the expectations for everyone are not as optimistic as they were. What is behind this and what does it mean?
Life expectancy
New Zealand mortality – after the pandemic
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New Zealand pandemic mortality, update for 2021
In 2021, New Zealand again kept its death toll better than pre-pandemic times. Continue reading