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 Risks Education, Age, Sex, Existing Medical Conditions of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths

Age of Coronavirus Deaths   

Bottom line, if you are on a cruise ship, 75yrs old, male and a heart condition you have about a 20-30% chance of dying if you get infected.  Hmmm!  #CoronavirusDeathRate #DeathRate #CDV19DeathRate

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:

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

 

So Bottomline is if you are on a senior's cruise ship where the average age is 75yrs old you have an 11% chance of dying if you are infected.  Hmmm!  #CoronavirusDeathRate #DeathRate #CDV19DeathRate

 

Pre-existing medical conditions

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-19 infection are:

COVID-19 Fatality Rate by COMORBIDITY:

PRE-EXISTING CONDITION

 DEATH RATE

Cardiovascular disease

10.5%

Diabetes

7.3%

Chronic respiratory disease

6.3%

Hypertension

6.0%

Cancer

5.6%

no pre-existing conditions

0.9%

Sex ratio

COVID-19 Fatality Rate by SEX:

SEX

 DEATH RATE

Male

2.8%

Female

1.7%

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