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> yet [Florida's] covid rate is lower than New York, California, and Massachusetts If you're talking about deaths/1M pop, California (1905) is much lower than
by zimpenfish 5y ago
> yet [Florida's] covid rate is lower than New York, California, and Massachusetts
If you're talking about deaths/1M pop, California (1905) is much lower than Florida (2905) whilst Massachusetts is fractionally higher (2922) but New York (3068) is dramatically higher, yes.
If you're not talking about deaths/1M pop, which rate are you looking at?
- nradov 5y agoThe more relevant metric is age adjusted death rate. Age is the primary risk factor for COVID-19. There is a much higher percentage of elderly people in Florida. https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/blog/states-ranked-by-age-adjusted-covid-deaths/ https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/blog/states-ranked-by-age-...
- zimpenfish 5y agoThey don't seem to explain their methodology for how they've "age-adjusted" the figures which is a shame. But assuming these are valid numbers: by this metric, both California (214) and Mass. (206) are doing better than Florida (235) which again contradicts the claim. Or am I reading these numbers wrongly?
- nradov 5y agoYes sorry I was looking at the wrong row. Edited my comment above.