Lockdown Babies to Have Worse Health, Says ONS Data

Published on March 28, 2024

The number of years of good health newborn babies in England and Wales can expect to enjoy has fallen over the past decade, the latest figures show, with the lingering impact of COVID-19 lockdowns taking a toll on babies. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its latest figures on Tuesday along with a statement saying it was likely “the pandemic” had contributed to the fall in healthy years. But children’s campaign group Us For Them said it was “disingenuous” of a public body not to identify lockdowns as the culprit rather than the COVID-19 virus. The average healthy life expectancy for a child born in England between 2020 and 2022 is estimated to be 62.4 years for males and 62.7 for females, down from 63.3 and 63.7 years respectively for births in 2017–2019....

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