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Population age structure only partially explains the large number of COVID-19 deaths at the oldest ages

Anthony Medford, Sergi Trias‐Llimós

Demographic Research · 2020 · 34 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

To date, any attention paid to the age shape of COVID-19 deaths has been mostly in relation to understanding the differences in case fatality rates between countries.

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