Paula Natalia Barreto Parra

Overview

Paula Natalia Barreto Parra is a researcher at Northwestern University and the Institute for Policy Research (IPR). She is the lead author of Parra et al. (2022), which applies a cohort-based approach to estimate COVID-19 years of life lost (YLL) and life expectancy loss (LEL) using individual-level death certificate data from three Midwest areas and national CDC data.

Key Contributions

• Parra et al. (2022): Lead author; demonstrated that cohort-based national COVID LEL = 11 days through Sep 2021 — two orders of magnitude below period-based estimates of 1+ year. Documented racial/ethnic and SES disparities in PFR and LEL with decomposition by age and calendar quarter.

Related

• Bernard Black
• Years of Life Lost
• Period vs. Cohort Life Expectancy
• COVID-19 Mortality

Sources

• Parra et al 2022 — The COVID-19 Pandemic Years of Life Lost and Life Expectancy Decomposition Using Individual-Level Mortality Data