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> The point the parent was making is that young people don't seem to need hospital care. Low risk doesn't mean no risk, and we see plenty of younger people in
by DanBC 7y ago
> The point the parent was making is that young people don't seem to need hospital care.
Low risk doesn't mean no risk, and we see plenty of younger people in hospital, and in intensive care, because of covid-19.
ICNARC has a report that they update over time using data from UK intensive care units. https://www.icnarc.org/Our-Audit/Audits/Cmp/Reports https://www.icnarc.org/Our-Audit/Audits/Cmp/Reports
https://www.icnarc.org/DataServices/Attachments/Download/c5a62b13-6486-ea11-9125-00505601089b https://www.icnarc.org/DataServices/Attachments/Download/c5a...
Age at admission (years), number of people discharged alive (%), number of people died (%)
16-39 240 (78.4) 66 (21.6)
40-49 350 (73.2) 128 (26.8)
50-59 568 (57.0) 429 (43.0)
60-69 503 (41.8) 701 (58.2)
70-79 293 (32.2) 617 (67.8)
80+ 57 (31.3) 125 (68.7)
Once admitted to ICU people aged 16-39 have a 21.6% chance of dying vs a 78.4% chance of being discharged alive.
- techslave 7y agobad use of statistics. if gp is to be believed, once in ICU you are already in the 0.x %. the question then is, are you in the 0.1 or 99.9.