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as you go up the age--I know it sounds cruel--but a lot of them would be dying anyway. So 15% of 80+ year people dying of any cause is probably not far off nor
by onetimemanytime 7y ago
as you go up the age--I know it sounds cruel--but a lot of them would be dying anyway.
So 15% of 80+ year people dying of any cause is probably not far off normal dying rates (without the virus). Anyone know the age group stats of % of people dying of any "regular" causes?
- Zacru 7y agoFrom https://www.statista.com/statistics/241572/death-rate-by-age-and-sex-in-the-us/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/241572/death-rate-by-age... Looks like 6% of 80-84 and 14% of 85+. Someone better at statistics than me could probably say what the relative and absolute risk increase is for contracting COVID-19 at those ages is. Search for "all cause mortality by age" if you want to do some more research.