Age to worry about Covid: 70+ years
Dec. 13th, 2020 02:06 pmAverage number of days of life lost because of Covid (SARS-CoV-2) - grouped by age:
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According to these numbers, it starts making sense to worry about Covid at around age 70.
Before age 70, spending significant amount of time on avoiding exposure to Covid - just does not pay off.
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Sex | Age | IFR | Years remaining | Days lost |
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Men | 0–9 | 0.02% | 72.0 | 5.3 |
10–19 | 0.00% | 62.1 | 0.0 | |
20–29 | 0.01% | 52.7 | 1.0 | |
30–39 | 0.02% | 43.6 | 2.4 | |
40–49 | 0.09% | 34.5 | 10.7 | |
50–59 | 0.36% | 25.9 | 33.6 | |
60–69 | 1.56% | 18.3 | 104.1 | |
70–79 | 5.53% | 11.5 | 232.3 | |
≥80 | 14.00% | 6.2 | 316.6 | |
Women | 0–9 | 0.01% | 76.9 | 1.4 |
10–19 | 0.01% | 67.0 | 2.4 | |
20–29 | 0.01% | 57.3 | 2.1 | |
30–39 | 0.04% | 47.7 | 6.1 | |
40–49 | 0.05% | 38.3 | 6.3 | |
50–59 | 0.19% | 29.3 | 19.8 | |
60–69 | 0.58% | 20.9 | 43.8 | |
70–79 | 2.35% | 13.3 | 114.0 | |
≥80 | 5.56% | 7.3 | 147.8 |
According to these numbers, it starts making sense to worry about Covid at around age 70.
Before age 70, spending significant amount of time on avoiding exposure to Covid - just does not pay off.