The case-fatality rate for COVID-19 increases dramatically with age from 3% to 5% between 65 and 74 years, 4% to 11% between 75 and 84 years, and 10% to 27% above 85 years …
An insightful paper by Dowd et al.(1) highlights the importance of demography for analyzing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related mortality. The authors underscore the role of …
N Barth, J Guyot, SA Fraser, M Lagacé… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In February 2021, France had more than 76,000 deaths due to COVID-19 and older adults were heavily affected. Most measures taken to reduce the impact of COVID-19 (quarantine …
Abstract On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome …
DEL Promislow - The journals of gerontology: Series A, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged in December 2019, leading within a few months to a global pandemic. COVID-19, the disease caused by this highly contagious virus …
R Lekamwasam, S Lekamwasam - Annals of geriatric medicine and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The pandemic is unavoidable; in addition to increased morbidity and mortality, they profoundly affect people and economies at every level. The negative effects of pandemics …
K Dhama, SK Patel, R Kumar, J Rana… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wreaked havoc worldwide, with more than 20 million confirmed cases and nearly 0. 75 million deaths as of 10th August 2020 …
COVID-19 is primarily a disease of older people. In the United States, 31% of cases of COVID-19 have occurred in people over the age of 65 years and 6% over the age of 85 …
JM Bartleson, D Radenkovic, AJ Covarrubias… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health threat with particular risk for severe disease and death in older adults and in adults with age-related …