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   Australia: deaths stayed on trend for two pandemic years, then ran 13% above it in 2022

   Deaths above the extended 2015–2019 trend (Human Mortality Database, Macroscope's calculation): 2020 −2.1%, 2021 +3%, 2022 +13.5%. Men's life expectancy (UN estimate): 81.2 years in 2019, 80.7 years in 2022. The UN's 2019 revision expected 82.1 years for 2020–2025; the estimate for the years so far is 81.5 years.

   Source: Human Mortality Database (excess deaths: Macroscope's calculation); UN WPPOpen on the chart →

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