Life expectancy across the country fell during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Hawaiʻi’s lifespan saw less of a decline than the rest of the country.
That finding comes from a partnership between the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health and the state Department of Health.
Researchers found that the average life expectancy in Hawaiʻi dropped by about 1.4 years during the pandemic. The national average decline was about 2.4 years…