{"id":524,"date":"2020-10-18T15:28:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T15:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/isasson\/?p=524"},"modified":"2021-03-17T09:02:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T09:02:38","slug":"aging-and-covid-19-mortality-what-do-we-currently-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people1.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/isasson\/2020\/10\/18\/aging-and-covid-19-mortality-what-do-we-currently-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Aging and COVID-19 mortality: What do we currently know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 is often portrayed as a &#8220;disease of the elderly,&#8221; but is this portrayal supported by the evidence? How does the risk of dying from COVID-19 vary by age? How does it compare with other causes of death? And how does the age pattern of COVID-19 mortality differ across countries? In <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.4054\/DemRes.2021.44.16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this study<\/a>\u00a0I attempt to answer these questions and others about the relationship between COVID-19 mortality and age.<\/p>\n<p>*** Update (February 17, 2021): Now published in <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.4054\/DemRes.2021.44.16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demographic Research<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-554\" src=\"http:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/isasson\/files\/2021\/01\/COVID-19.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people1.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/isasson\/files\/2021\/01\/COVID-19.png 940w, https:\/\/people1.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/isasson\/files\/2021\/01\/COVID-19-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/people1.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/isasson\/files\/2021\/01\/COVID-19-768x559.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Age-specific mortality rates of COVID-19 (2020) and Pneumonia &amp; Influenza (1999\u20132018), United States.\u00a0<\/strong>Pneumonia &amp; Influenza mortality rates based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vital statistics, adjusted to the same calendar period as COVID-19 provisional mortality data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 is often portrayed as a &#8220;disease of the elderly,&#8221; but is this portrayal supported by the evidence? 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