TABLE 2.

Meta‐analysis: mortality rate of COVID‐19 patients in different age ranges

Age groups (year)	Mortality rate (%) (CI 95%)	Included studies number	Included patients number	Heterogeneity test, I‐squared (%)**	Heterogeneity test, p‐value**
<8	0.6 (0–9)	1	82	0	1
>50	38 (35–40)	14	1935	85	<0.001
All range	4.3 (4–4.5)	49	54,252	92	<0.001
Overall	6.2 (6–6.5)	64	56,269	91	<0.001