Figure 10.

Proportions of COVID-19 deaths per age group and country until early March 2021 (pre-vaccination or with vaccination in progress/incomplete). (a) Most COVID-19 deaths in higher income, European countries were in population 60+ or 65+, while Latin America, Philippines, Nigeria, India and Indonesia had a larger proportion of deaths at younger ages. The top part of the graph has a different age partition based on what that group of countries was reporting. Some countries like Indonesia and India, Jordan and Greece did not further separate elderly COVID-19 deaths into 60–79 and 80+, or 65–84 and 85+, thus elder deaths are shown grouped as 60+ or 65+. (b) Two variables describing these countries’ demographics (median age of the population and percentage of population older than 65 yo) graphed against the cumulative % of COVID-19 deaths in seniors until early March 2021, had a good Pearson coefficient (r) with p < 0.0001. Red dots are European countries and the USA, blue dots are Latin American countries, and black dots are countries from other regions and marked with name. Aus = Australia. Mexico is depicted with a black star.