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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInteresting site on COVID-19 Fatality Rates by AGE.
Based on all 72,314 cases of COVID-19 confirmed, suspected, and asymptomatic cases in China as of February 11, a paper by the Chinese CCDC released on February 17 and published in the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology [1] has found that the risk of death increases the older you are, as follows:
COVID-19 Fatality Rate by AGE:
*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on the age group. The percentage shown below does NOT represent in any way the share of deaths by age group. Rather, it represents, for a person in a given age group, the risk of dying if infected with COVID-19.
AGE
DEATH RATE*
80+ years old
14.8%
70-79 years old
8.0%
60-69 years old
3.6%
50-59 years old
1.3%
40-49 years old
0.4%
30-39 years old
0.2%
20-29 years old
0.2%
10-19 years old
0.2%
0-9 years old
no fatalities
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/
The site also has comorbidities and rates.
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Interesting site on COVID-19 Fatality Rates by AGE. (Original Post)
bronxiteforever
Feb 2020
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dalton99a
(81,543 posts)1. Kick
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)3. +1 thanks for posting this!
BadGimp
(4,016 posts)2. "comorbidities"
Had to look that shit up.
Dictionary
co·mor·bid·i·ty
/ˌkōmôrˈbidədē/
noun
plural noun: comorbidities
the simultaneous presence of two chronic diseases or conditions in a patient.
"the comorbidity of anxiety and depression in Parkinson's disease"
Someone please use in a sentence featuring Donald Trump...
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)4. Trump is a crazy asshole.
yonder
(9,669 posts)5. Good one. How about tri-morbidity: narcissistic and crazy asshole?
Better yet, multi-morbidity: Donald J. tRump