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There was a report today in the news here (Netherlands) that more younger people are hospitalized as a percentage of the total. This could mean many things, my
by consp 6y ago
There was a report today in the news here (Netherlands) that more younger people are hospitalized as a percentage of the total. This could mean many things, my guess here would be the elderly are more and more vaccinated and thus less likely to need ICU/Hospital care, but maybe there is more happening on a global scale.
- johnchristopher 6y agoIn Belgium too. Younger people in ICU, don't remember about comorbidities.
- tinus_hn 6y agoObviously if one group is hospitalized less, another group will be hospitalized more, as a percentage of the total. You have to be careful not to end up with one old guy in the hospital and stating ‘wow 100% is male and old’. That’s not a useful statistic.
- consp 6y agoAbsolutely true, but the question remains if that is the only cause which also muddies the numbers a bit if there are different factors at play. I mentioned it as it is seen elsewhere too and I think adds to the discussion.
- tinus_hn 6y agoYou can’t solve that question using these statistics. You need to carefully define your question and then look up the data. A lot of it actually is available!