BMC Public Health November 2020 PMID 33213391

COVID-19 mortality risk for older men and women.

N David Yanez, Noel S Weiss, Jacques-André Romand, Miriam M Treggiari

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The discussions reflect strong agreement that age and sex considerably influence COVID-19 mortality, with examples like mentions of mortality rates being 8 to 62 times higher among older adults, and detailed references to studies, figures, and public health implications, shown through phrases like 'strikingly higher mortality rates' and 'impact on bereavement huge.' The tone is serious and data-driven, underscoring the important societal consequences of the research findings.

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Most discussions reinforce the article's conclusion that older adults, particularly those over 65 and men, face higher COVID-19 mortality risks.

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Posts demonstrate high interest, with many referencing detailed studies, mortality rates, and implications for public health policy.

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Participants engage deeply by discussing statistical details, study sources, and implications, often quoting figures like 62 times higher mortality in seniors.

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The discussions emphasize significant societal impacts, highlighting risks for vulnerable populations and debates over risk management, vaccination, and protective measures.

Abstract in brief

  • Older adults, especially those aged 65 and above, face significantly higher COVID-19 mortality rates compared to younger age groups, with those aged 55-64 also experiencing a notable increase in risk.
  • Men have a higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women, with mortality rates nearly 1.77 times higher.
  • Overall, the study highlights that both age and sex are important factors influencing COVID-19 mortality, with the highest risk observed in older men.]

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Beatrix
@Beatrix_m_ · X

La tasa de mortalidad de #COVID19 fue 8.1 veces mayor entre personas de 55 a 64 años, y 62 veces mayor en 65 años o más. Las tasas varían entre países según el sistema de salud y prevalencia de las pruebas y condición de salud de la población

Nov 24, 2020 · 4 likes · 4,908 followers View post →
Plum Remson
@PlumRemson · X

@dscovar @beattie2028 @HaroldofWorld @Akustronique That doesn't appear to be the ultimate question since many countries that "did" lockdown did not have "better" outcomes in the over 70s than Sweden. https://t.co/DPJumKxC8j

Apr 12, 2021 · 3 likes · 4,021 followers View post →
Brent Hodgson
@BrentHodgson · X

@hula_grl Oof. Good on him for sticking to his convictions. But frankly, that's not a game of Russian Roulette I'd want to be playing as a 70 year old - and not a hill I'd be willing to die on. https://t.co/Ns5OGcTRSA It saddens me when elected leaders are this bad at assessing risks. https://t.co/vxMaCdtuBx

Oct 1, 2021 · 2 likes · 17,195 followers View post →
Bobby Fucking Weaver
@im7below · X

@pNauticExpress @momadancer1_0 Except these are those pesky older people we are talking about where mortality rate of COVID-19 was 8.1 times higher among those 55 to 64 years, and more than 62 times higher among those ages 65 or older according to this study: https://t.co/jqGu46iz4e

Jan 8, 2022 · 1 like · 4,139 followers View post →
UtahCountyHealthDept
@UCHD · X

Protect those you love. Help them get vaccinated, and get yourself vaccinated in order to stop the spread. *compared to those under 55 Sources: https://t.co/MuXCc8RRMi https://t.co/s77Bm0Ajld https://t.co/tUCCkJ8JpZ

Apr 7, 2021 · 1 like · 3,730 followers View post →
My Long Covid Advocacy
@myLCadvocacy · X

COVID-19 mortality risk for older men and women | https://t.co/gWSfbBN9bN https://t.co/75wti882VA via @myLCadvocacy #MyLongCovidAdvocacy #LongCovid

Jul 25, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 2,276 followers View post →

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christopher
@christoph_929 · X

RT @myLCadvocacy: COVID-19 mortality risk for older men and women | https://t.co/gWSfbBN9bN https://t.co/75wti882VA via @myLCadvocacy #My…

Jul 25, 2024 · 1 share · 77 followers View post →
My Long Covid Advocacy
@myLCadvocacy · X

COVID-19 mortality risk for older men and women | https://t.co/gWSfbBN9bN https://t.co/75wti882VA via @myLCadvocacy #MyLongCovidAdvocacy #LongCovid

Jul 25, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 2,276 followers View post →
Dom Corner
@DomCorner3 · X

@ThomSkell @EusebeRioche à noter l'échelle logarithmique et que l'explication sur la proportion d'octogénaires n'explique pas les écarts de l'ordre de 100 x entre des pays européens et nord américain https://t.co/YOrG1hZDho https://t.co/WXBKG6gnEg

Oct 3, 2023 · 482 followers View post →
Dom Corner
@DomCorner3 · X

@Odieux_Vulgaire @EusebeRioche Tiens, on le voit très bien ici à noter, mon grand ignorant, l'échelle est logarithmique et il y en a plusieurs des études du genre https://t.co/YOrG1hZDho https://t.co/spTm3YxvDH

Oct 3, 2023 · 482 followers View post →
Jaymes, the very model of a moderna Major-General
@rechnen · X

@PocketHoosier @BobMurphyEcon @JoshEakle Yes, they were. This article was in 2020 before any vaccine. https://t.co/4qDE9yQZAv https://t.co/QtqnFY41iS

Sep 13, 2023 · 179 followers View post →
Yeye Gghd
@GghdYeye60054 · X

@PiotrWitczak_ Oboje wiemy, że jak wpiszesz odpowiednią frazę na pubmed to wyskoczy wszystko co ci pod tezę podejdzie. https://t.co/y60nDVMLG7 https://t.co/HWUIpUlDTi https://t.co/NIcc8n1kwd Zawsze coś się znajdzie pod tezę. Jestem też ciekaw czemu atakujesz inne szczepionki

Jun 14, 2023 · 4 followers View post →
Comrade Weez
@weezmgk · X

@linda_mafrici @spiritofprivac1 @DoctorKarl https://t.co/ytKt42vnOJ

Feb 13, 2023 · 2,780 followers View post →
AlisonAbraham
@AlisonA02620688 · X

@Damian78438332 @lindajane78 @yelgeb @tigertuffmark https://t.co/06wx4CR5CR

Oct 12, 2022 · 437 followers View post →
Box car hobo
@Box_Car_Hobo · X

@ralphtsketchley @alanasaltz @MegJC28 5 % is not accurate. "Data from China and Italy suggest a case-fatality of 2.3% in patients with COVID-19, with more than 50% of the fatalities occurring in patients 50 years of age or older [2]." Source: https://t.co/tIq6mYMbQi This was in 2020, at its worst, for elderly.

Aug 13, 2022 · 1 like · 163 followers View post →
JimmyTheC
@JimmyTheC5 · X

@PatriotsOne87 @danaludwig @CovidCanada1 @Oldboatie https://t.co/goRuxKnzPx

Aug 12, 2022 · 2 followers View post →
Ray
@GimpRay · X

@CaveatEmproto @logosaetos @scrowder COVID mostly dangerous to the elderly, here's a study where they took COVID deaths at John Hopkins and looked at the ages of those who died, 86.2% of them were 65+. https://t.co/dVdgRjNGOx

Jul 24, 2022 · 54 followers View post →
Carl Friedlander
@FriedlanderCarl · X

@SavSavvz @unhealthytruth @SamRafoss Especially if you’re old

Jun 25, 2022 · 221 followers View post →
Carl Friedlander
@FriedlanderCarl · X

@unhealthytruth @SamRafoss

Jun 24, 2022 · 221 followers View post →
Medical Xpress
@physorg_health · X

Resurgent COVID-19, flu and other viruses are pushing New Zealand's #healthsystem to the limit @ConversationEDU https://t.co/7S6SyXrB2c https://t.co/q6jrjwWx51

Jun 1, 2022 · 7,078 followers View post →
Visions of Asia
@VisionOfAsia · X

@wanderer_jasnah @jburnmurdoch Weren’t studies establishing that the highest CFR for 80+ could rise to 21-28%? https://t.co/f5b5zuRITs

Mar 14, 2022 · 667 followers View post →
Caelan
@CaelanH2005 · X

@rationalhuman1 On the “slightly higher risk” “In the 16 countries examined, persons age 65 years or older had strikingly higher COVID-19 mortality rates compared to younger individuals, and men had a higher risk of COVID-19 death than women.” https://t.co/M3FaN65vV8

Feb 16, 2022 · 163 followers View post →
Bobby Fucking Weaver
@im7below · X

@pNauticExpress @momadancer1_0 Except these are those pesky older people we are talking about where mortality rate of COVID-19 was 8.1 times higher among those 55 to 64 years, and more than 62 times higher among those ages 65 or older according to this study: https://t.co/jqGu46iz4e

Jan 8, 2022 · 1 like · 4,139 followers View post →
Brent Hodgson
@BrentHodgson · X

@hula_grl Oof. Good on him for sticking to his convictions. But frankly, that's not a game of Russian Roulette I'd want to be playing as a 70 year old - and not a hill I'd be willing to die on. https://t.co/Ns5OGcTRSA It saddens me when elected leaders are this bad at assessing risks. https://t.co/vxMaCdtuBx

Oct 1, 2021 · 2 likes · 17,195 followers View post →
Duncan Rowe
@DCFRowe · X

@Barbara77343552 @MiloB88586715 @cozzalee8 Sorry to break the bad news to you but at 66 you don't have a 99.96% chance of recovery if you catch Covid although the odds would be even worse if you were a man. https://t.co/sc0mKh0ohD

Sep 22, 2021 · 1 like · 864 followers View post →
ctindale
@ctindale · X

@dalembah Yeah I don’t know how you get to that conclusion . Firstly I have broadened my classification of harm to be pure broader than mortality , even then I’ve spent a lot of time deep in these numbers https://t.co/FU2HeMWFRB

Sep 9, 2021 · 4,313 followers View post →
fragjanurbeifragjanur1
@fragjanurbeifr2 · X

@MarcBuergi @Michael_Ballweg Sicher können Sie Ihre Behauptung hinterlegen. Das hier ist Realität https://t.co/I8afaXs7sc

Jul 28, 2021 · 9 followers View post →
Polly Kaiser
@pollykaiser · X

However “In the 16 countries examined, persons age 65 years or older had strikingly higher COVID-19 mortality rates compared to younger individuals, and men had a higher risk of COVID-19 death than women.” Impact on bereavement huge. https://t.co/rldfbk0Vwv https://t.co/erg8p9hHm3

Jul 9, 2021 · 1 like · 1,189 followers View post →
Elena
@_exeter573 · X

COVID-19 mortality risk for older men and women | BMC Public Health | Full Text https://t.co/PO7wY4xKpB

Apr 26, 2021 · 111 followers View post →
Jack LeBourdais
@JackLebourdais · X

@dangwood87 @WontBeSilent2 @SenRonJohnson At least among seniors, the flu is more deadly than Covid my about 12%. However, Covid is far more transmissible when compared to the flu. https://t.co/BoGO5rNpP9 https://t.co/LW8ARebeN2 https://t.co/0R4k2Z147w

Apr 23, 2021 · 162 followers View post →
Fixpir
@Fixpir · X

@Bonne_A_Rien @afpfr

Apr 17, 2021 · 1,062 followers View post →
Plum Remson
@PlumRemson · X

@dscovar @beattie2028 @HaroldofWorld @Akustronique That doesn't appear to be the ultimate question since many countries that "did" lockdown did not have "better" outcomes in the over 70s than Sweden. https://t.co/DPJumKxC8j

Apr 12, 2021 · 3 likes · 4,021 followers View post →
UtahCountyHealthDept
@UCHD · X

Protect those you love. Help them get vaccinated, and get yourself vaccinated in order to stop the spread. *compared to those under 55 Sources: https://t.co/MuXCc8RRMi https://t.co/s77Bm0Ajld https://t.co/tUCCkJ8JpZ

Apr 7, 2021 · 1 like · 3,730 followers View post →
Michael Hendrickson
@MaytownMichael · X

@ZubyMusic Why focus only on people under age 50? That leaves out about 25 million people. The risk of death goes up exponentially for people over age 50. https://t.co/Sf5BYTUda5 https://t.co/utNXwjeT5R

Mar 19, 2021 · 613 followers View post →
Jason
@JasonMcMan7 · X

@LeecyRabbit @EndorphinsFTW @real_abiola @BostonGlobe No just over 75. And it's about 20-21%. https://t.co/y5Q9IQWInD

Mar 17, 2021 · 12 followers View post →
Marjo Lightfoot
@marmadukebj16 · X

@NKinNewEng @TTBikeFit @mattyglesias Case fatality in Italy for >age 64 was 36%. Now you do one

Mar 8, 2021 · 1,175 followers View post →
Shirley Gott
@GottShirley · X

@babbles @TXcharlottekemp @tplohetski Under 60. You want to kill Grandma and Grandpa or your parents? https://t.co/I1rCrCgkNO

Feb 13, 2021 · 440 followers View post →
Richard Fox
@reynardo98 · X

@Alf72761781 @SkyNews Or 64%. All sorts of figures are bandied about. Kill off the old 'uns, eh? https://t.co/6KuFwBszCX

Feb 10, 2021 · 642 followers View post →
OuttieInnie
@NicVinny · X

@scottal57191957 @Snow1nApril @idyllchatter @MajinJessUchiha Reminder: journalism is a person's interpretation in their own words. News articles are not scientific studies. Here's one of those: https://t.co/q0fRBID44g

Feb 9, 2021 · 254 followers View post →
Jeremy Kossen
@kanna_wise · X

@mella11216229 @CorisandraD @AliceTinker1943 At 65+, mortality rate skyrockets, but ages 55-64, the rate is still 8x higher than <55 according to CDC data: - mortality rate of COVID-19 was 8.1 times higher among those 55 to 64 years, - more than 62 times higher among those ages 65 or older. https://t.co/md916l1Imo

Feb 6, 2021 · 609 followers View post →
Facts Matter
@ealmars · X

@GoodAMLiberty @Small_Gov https://t.co/IVL6ti0WWM

Jan 30, 2021 · 583 followers View post →
doesnotexist
@BrianFiddle · X

@Spartan_513 @marcorubio https://t.co/eUshmN4HGx https://t.co/fOKwWnhgIU

Jan 28, 2021 · 224 followers View post →
LarryM
@lmatasar · X

That’s good, but people 65+ have a COVID mortality rate “more than 62 times higher”than those 54 and under according to BMC Public Health. https://t.co/zi3AMb29hR https://t.co/u89zJLLz9M

Jan 22, 2021 · 178 followers View post →
Shadowmax
@Shadowmax889 · X

Este tipo de comentarios son los mas peligrosos en esta pandemia. Claro que la mortalidad es baja en personas jóvenes pero es 60 veces mayor en personas mayores de 65 años https://t.co/M0xX635rHH Y el otro punto es que no se toma en cuenta las secuelas en los sobrevivientes. https://t.co/OYGEvcBlZQ

Dec 29, 2020 · 344 followers View post →
embittered
@embitteredprgsv · X

For those naysayers who argue that the idea and cfr are below 4% and that COV-19 isn't a big deal and blah blah. Remember that COV-19 has an absolutely devastating impact on the elderly, and here are the figures to prove it. https://t.co/SdpWTde92J).

Dec 17, 2020 · 23 followers View post →
Baz in Kent
@bazinkent · X

@freeeedom90 @Su15100307 @GrantTailor @Le_Nautonnier @profnfenton It would be 97.4% if I were younger and female but I’m not so it’s a hell of a lot higher risk, that’s what people like you don’t seem to understand. The world’s full of individuals not averages. https://t.co/6RDqW2KH4P

Dec 16, 2020 · 929 followers View post →
begil
@BlancaEstherGil · X

RT @ApBE_: Riesgo de mortalidad por #COVID19 para hombres y mujeres mayores https://t.co/nbmdnfOTyq

Dec 10, 2020 · 1 share · 556 followers View post →
DaPBE
@ApBE_ · X

Riesgo de mortalidad por #COVID19 para hombres y mujeres mayores https://t.co/nbmdnfOTyq

Dec 10, 2020 · 1 share · 3,287 followers View post →
C H E R R Y D R O P
@cucciolofelice · X

@desoatd @AP Perhaps if he was under 54. The mortality rate is higher for men & progressively increases with age, growing from 0.4% at 55 to around 12% at 85. For every 1,000 people in their mid-seventies or older who are infected, approx 116 die. I hope this helps

Dec 6, 2020 · 1 like · 1,267 followers View post →
Peter Flynn @docum3nt.bsky.social
@docum3nt · X

@JRodCastleRock @DrEricDing @AnthonySabatini I don't think any of them died a second time. Mortality rate for the USA under-65s is 1%–15%, so out of 81 infected people I would expect 1–12 to die. But the OP was pointing out infection rates, not death rates. You may not have understood that. (https://t.co/kBzBzsJRQe)

Dec 5, 2020 · 1 like · 492 followers View post →
ZurickDavis
@ZurickDavis · X

COVID-19 mortality risk for older men and women https://t.co/VGqsKqWoj2 via ZurickDavis #leadership

Dec 4, 2020 · 126 followers View post →
David
@YourMrBumbles · X

RT @IanStockport: @livvythepink @elinlowri COVID-19 mortality risk for older people, see https://t.co/D4b6V8D31r

Dec 4, 2020 · 1 share · 3,447 followers View post →
Ian
@IanStockport · X

@livvythepink @elinlowri COVID-19 mortality risk for older people, see https://t.co/D4b6V8D31r

Dec 3, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 449 followers View post →
Beatrix
@Beatrix_m_ · X

La tasa de mortalidad de #COVID19 fue 8.1 veces mayor entre personas de 55 a 64 años, y 62 veces mayor en 65 años o más. Las tasas varían entre países según el sistema de salud y prevalencia de las pruebas y condición de salud de la población

Nov 24, 2020 · 4 likes · 4,908 followers View post →
MyJournals
@myjournals · X

COVID-19 mortality risk for older men and women https://t.co/27PSTh8UtH

Nov 19, 2020 · 554 followers View post →