Assessing the age specificity of infection fatality rates for COVID-19: systematic review, meta-analysis, and public policy implications

Levin, Andrew; P. Hanage, William; Owusu‐Boaitey, Nana; Cochran, Kensington; P. Walsh, Seamus; Meyerowitz‐Katz, Gideon

doi:10.1007/s10654-020-00698-1

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Assessing the age specificity of infection fatality rates for COVID-19: systematic review, meta-analysis, and public policy implications

Published in European Journal of Epidemiology • Dec 1, 2020

Authors:

Andrew Levin

William P. Hanage

Nana Owusu‐Boaitey

Abstract

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 prevalence were collected by conducting an online search of published articles, preprints, and government reports that were pu...

Subject

Medicine

Case fatality rate

Demography

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