Covid-19 mortality needs age adjusting for international comparisons
Covid-19 had caused more than 1,4 million deaths worldwide by November 26th, 2020. Age is a strong predictor of Covid-19 mortality. Crude death rates have been used to compare the response of countries, however, this measure does not account for age structure. We report age-adjusted mortality and ra...
Main Authors: | Garcia-Calavaro, C, Paternina-Caicedo, A, Smith, AD, Harrison, LH, De la Hoz-Restrepo, F, Acosta, E, Riffe, T |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021
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