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.
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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.