Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19

B. Dowd, Jennifer; Andriano, Liliana; M. Brazel, David; Rotondi, Valentina; Block, Per; Ding, Xuejie; Liu, Yan; Mills, Melinda

doi:10.1073/pnas.2004911117

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Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Apr 16, 2020

Authors:

Jennifer B. Dowd

Liliana Andriano

David M. Brazel

Abstract

Governments around the world must rapidly mobilize and make difficult policy decisions to mitigate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Because deaths have been concentrated at older ages, we highlight the important role of demography, particularly, how the age structure of a population...

Subject

Pandemic

Case fatality rate

Demography

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