Table 2.
Pearson’s correlation of COVID-19 mortality rates and pre-COVID-19 era population and mortality data.
| Mean age | LE | Mortality rate | 65-yr+ mortality % | CVD deaths | DM prevalence | Deaths per million | CFR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age | R | 1 | 0.939 | 0.023 | 0.978 | −0.755 | 0.391 | 0.658 | 0.573 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.914 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.059 | 0.000 | 0.003 | ||
| LE | R | 0.939 | 1 | −0.267 | 0.944 | −0.705 | 0.436 | 0.578 | 0.425 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.207 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.033 | 0.003 | 0.039 | ||
| Mortality rate | R | 0.023 | −0.267 | 1 | 0.024 | −0.178 | −0.547 | 0.260 | 0.499 |
| p | 0.914 | 0.207 | 0.913 | 0.405 | 0.006 | 0.219 | 0.013 | ||
| 65yr+ mortality % | R | 0.978 | 0.944 | 0.024 | 1 | −0.741 | 0.303 | 0.659 | 0.571 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.913 | 0.000 | 0.150 | 0.000 | 0.004 | ||
| CVD deaths | R | −0.755 | −0.705 | −0.178 | −0.741 | 1 | −0.078 | −0.592 | −0.526 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.405 | 0.000 | 0.719 | 0.002 | 0.008 | ||
| DM prevalence | R | 0.391 | 0.436 | −0.547 | 0.303 | −0.078 | 1 | 0.030 | -0.093 |
| p | 0.059 | 0.033 | 0.006 | 0.150 | 0.719 | 0.889 | 0.665 | ||
| Deaths per million | R | 0.658 | 0.578 | 0.260 | 0.659 | −0.592 | 0.030 | 1 | 0.823 |
| p | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.219 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.889 | 0.000 | ||
| CFR | R | 0.573 | 0.425 | 0.499 | 0.571 | −0.526 | −0.093 | 0.823 | 1 |
| p | 0.003 | 0.039 | 0.013 | 0.004 | 0.008 | 0.665 | 0.000 | ||
R = correlation coefficient, p = level of significance, LE = life expectancy, 65-yr+ mortality % = percentage of total deaths who were >65 yrs old in the pre-COVID-19 era, CVD = cardiovascular diseases, DM = diabetes mellitus, CFR = case fatality rate.