Open AccessThe Contribution of the Age Distribution of Cases to COVID-19 Case Fatality Across Countries
Author(s) -
Nikkil Sudharsanan,
Oliver Didzun,
Till Bärnighausen,
Pascal Geldsetzer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.839
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1539-3704
pISSN - 0003-4819
DOI - 10.7326/m20-2973
Subject(s) - demography , medicine , case fatality rate , covid-19 , population , mortality rate , disease , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology
There is wide variation in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case-fatality rates (CFRs) across countries, leading to uncertainty about the true lethality of the disease. A large part of this variation may be due to the ages of individuals who are tested and identified.