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I'm not sure why age isn't mentioned here. I think the average age in Italy was something around 80. Men usually have shorter expected life spans, so this might

• toyg 7y ago
  In UK the split of deaths is 2/1/1/1 between over75/65/55/45 - all other demos account for barely 1.5% at the moment. So yeah, age is a big factor. The problem is that age affects triaging procedures too: in situations of care-scarcity, younger folks and women are more likely to be prioritised for treatment. So it’s hard to determine whether the distribution is entirely due to the virus or skewed by our response.