Background Although elderly people are at a huge risk of mortality due to COVID-19, the
Case Fatality Rate (CFR) in hospitalized elderly patients is poorly investigated. This meta …

Purpose To evaluate the association between the percentages of older age groups among
confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections and the country-specific case fatality rate (CFR). Methods …

Determine age-specific infection fatality rates for COVID-19 to inform public health policies
and communications that help protect vulnerable age groups. Studies of COVID-19 …

OBJECTIVES During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, crude incidence
and mortality rates have been widely reported; however, age-standardized rates are more …

Objective The ongoing novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the leading cause of
morbidity and mortality due to its contagious nature and absence of vaccine and treatment …

Background Latest clinical data on treatment on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
indicated that older patients and those with underlying history of smoking, hypertension or …

Abstract Background and Objectives To date, more than 1,000,000 confirmed cases and
65,000 deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported globally …

This paper assesses the age specificity of the infection fatality rate (IFR) for COVID-19. Our
benchmark meta-regression synthesizes the age-specific IFRs from four recent large-scale …

This mixed design synthesis aimed to estimate the infection fatality rate (IFR) of Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in community-dwelling elderly populations and other age groups …

Objectives: Precise international estimates of the age breakdown of COVID-19–related
deaths and intensive-care-unit (ICU) admissions are lacking. We evaluated the distribution …