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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread worldwide with an unprecedentedimpact on society. In the Philippines, several interventions such as mobilityrestrictions for different age groups and vaccination prioritization programshave been implemented to reduce the risks of infections and mortality. Thisstudy aimed to identify age-sex composition with greater susceptibility, longerhospitalization and higher fatality. The COVID-19 cases from March 2020 toApril 2021 provided by the Department of Health Davao Region in the Philippineswere analyzed. A Chi-square test was used to determine the difference inproportions of COVID-19 cases among age-sex compositions. A correlation plot of\c{hi}2 test residual was employed to investigate the differences insusceptibility. Boxplots and Kruskal-Wallis tests were utilized to compare thelength of hospitalizations. The study found a significant difference in theCOVID-19 susceptibility among age-sex compositions (p < 0.01). Male childrenand female senior citizens were the most susceptible age-sex compositions.Furthermore, senior citizens had the longest hospital days wherein the medianand IQR days were 19 (15-27) for men and 18 (16-29) for women. Male seniorcitizen was the subgroup with the highest case fatality (21.4%, p < 0.01). Itis recommended that the number of cases among senior citizens be used as aninput in the planning and allocation of medical resources at the provincial andregional levels. The local government unit executives in the region can alsotake advantage of the availability of age-sex composition data in stratifyinglocalities, planning, allocating COVID-19-related resources and imposingmobility restrictions.

COVID-19 Susceptibility, Mortality and Length of Hospitalization based on Age-Sex Composition: Insights for Intervention and Stratification