Table 1.
Gender distribution with incidence and mortality rates due to COVID-19 [59], [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70].
| Countries | Sex | Incidence rate (%) | Mortality rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Male | 58.3 | 71 |
| Female | 41.7 | 29 | |
| China | Male | 5 | 64 |
| Female | 48.6 | 36 | |
| South Korea | Male | 38.58 | 54 |
| Female | 61.42 a | 46 | |
| United States | Male | 48 | 17.32 |
| Female | 40 | 9.13 |
CDC = Center for Disease Control; COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.
a
Korea's CDC says a woman who became the country's 31st confirmed patient on February 18 had attended services held by a religious group called the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony. More than half of those cases involve members of, or those somehow linked to, the religious sect the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, where a so-called superspreader infected at least 37 people on February 23, 2020.