Age of Coronavirus Deaths
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 confirmed cases | DEATH RATE all cases |
80+ years old | 21.9% | 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 |
Kilde: Age, Sex, Existing Conditions of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths
Last updated: February 29, 4:40 GMT
There are two sources that provide age, sex, and comorbidity statistics:
- The Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission published on Feb. 28 by WHO, [2] which is based on 55,924 laboratory confirmed cases. The report notes that “The Joint Mission acknowledges the known challenges and biases of reporting crude CFR early in an epidemic” (see also our discussion on: How to calculate the mortality rate during an outbreak)
- A paper by the Chinese CCDC released on Feb. 17, which is based on 72,314 confirmed, suspected, and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 in China as of Feb. 11, and was published in the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology [1]
We will list data from both, labeling them as “confirmed cases” and “all cases” respectively in the tables.
