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The average life expectancy of people in Bangladesh has decreased by six months in a year to 72.3 years, according to the national statistics agency.
The information was revealed in a report, Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2021, published by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Monday, according to local news outlets.
The average life expectancy for women is still higher than men, according to the new statistics. The life expectancy of men also dropped further.
The report says average life span of men is 70.6 years and women’s average life expectancy is 74.1 years.
Earlier, the life expectancy was 72.8 years in 2020. In 2020, men were living an average of 71.2 years, while women lived 74.5 years.
In 2009, when the Awami League came to power, the average life expectancy was 67.2 years.
BBS Director Alamgir Hossain said the agency believed the spike in deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the drop in life expectancy.