Last updated: February , : (GMT)
Age of Coronavirus Deaths
Based on all , (cases of COVID – confirmed, suspected, and asymptomatic cases in China as of February , a paper by the Chinese CCDC released on February and published in the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology [1] has found that the risk of death increases the older you are, as follows :
COVID – 20 Fata lity Rate by AGE:
e=(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
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DEATH RATEDeath Rat e=(number of deaths / number of cases )= probability of dying if infected by the virus ( %).
Pre-existing medical conditions (comorbidities)
Patients who reported no pre-existing (“comorbid”) medical conditions had a case fatality rate of 0.9%. Pre-existing illnesses that put patients at higher risk of dying from a COVID – infection are:
COVID – Fatality Rate by COMORBIDITY:
Death Rat e=(number of deaths / number of cases)= probability of dying if infected by the virus (%) . This probability differs depending on pre-existing condition. The percentage shown below does
NOT represent in any way the share of deaths by pre-existing condition
. Rather, it represents, for a patient with a given pre-existing condition, the risk of dying (if infected by COVID –
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