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Sounds like how we expect things to work - if you let covid run wild, you get through the wave faster, while other regions are still making their way through th
by Imnimo 5y ago
Sounds like how we expect things to work - if you let covid run wild, you get through the wave faster, while other regions are still making their way through their wider, flatter waves.
But Florida, and other states like Alabama and Mississippi paid a heavy price for their now-low infection rates. They've really shot up the per-capita deaths charts. I guess it just depends how many lives you're willing to trade.
- windows2020 5y agoCan anyone point to a good source that has data on per-capita deaths grouped by age range per state? Florida has an older population so I wouldn't be surprised if they had more deaths per-capita.
- Imnimo 5y agoThis is not per-capita, but contains age bracket breakdowns per state. It shouldn't be too hard to find demographics for each state and compute per-capita numbers if you want. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm My suspicion is that Florida will move down the full-pandemic list a bit after adjusting for age, but will remain near the top when considering the most recent wave.
- windows2020 5y agoOK, I ran some numbers. CA vs FL since they have very different opinions on how to handle this. This doesn't consider other variables like comorbidities, differences in classification, or reporting. This also doesn't consider any snowbird effect. https://imgur.com/a/cplE5jn https://imgur.com/a/cplE5jn Top: Pop per age group per state, Middle: Covid only deaths per age group per state, Bottom: What does the difference in age group death rate look like when applied to the entire US population?