Re:10% of Covid patients in intensive care unit
by anonuser123456 on Friday March 06, 2020 @01:46AM
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Worth pointing out that that the average age in Italy is 46 vs 37 in China. Given that old age is well known to increase mortality and morbidity, we should expect worse outcomes in Italy.
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Re:10% of Covid patients in intensive care unit
by gnur on Friday March 06, 2020 @03:47AM
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Life expectancy between Italy and China differs by about 7 years in Italy's favor, so I guess it's not that big of a difference.
Re:10% of Covid patients in intensive care unit
by kid_atticus on Friday March 06, 2020 @05:33AM
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True, but the age distribution skews older in Italy.
Italy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Italypop.svg China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Population_pyramid_of_Chi...
Re:10% of Covid patients in intensive care unit
by klmadfejno on Friday March 06, 2020 @10:29AM
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The fact that Italy has an older population but a longer life expectancy does not mean the risk of disease to the elderly is any less for Italians. That observation would only make sense if life expectancy were # of years from right now, rather than # of years at death.