How Japan managed to curb the pandemic early on: Lessons learned from the first eight months of COVID-19
Urme Binte Sayeed, Ahmed Hossain
Abstract
Furthermore, the Japanese population's estimated life expectancy is 85.03 years. In 2016, Japanese men reached an excellent healthy life expectancy of 72.14 years and women 74.79 years Life expectancy is growing as health awareness is rising, and death rates are declining as the three leading causes of death in Japan include cancer, heart disease, and brain disease. This paper is intended to explain the factors behind Japan's success in curbing the virus in the early stages in comparison to other developed countries despite its being a "senior age" country.
Topics & Concepts
Life expectancyPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)DemographyDiseaseGerontologyMedicinePopulationExpectancy theoryEnvironmental healthPsychologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)SociologyPathologySocial psychologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 and Mental Health