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. 2020 Jun 14;3(1):118–120. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2020-000110

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A. COVID-19 mortality per 1 million population by country compared with latitude of capital cities. Fitted values are derived from a piecewise linear model of the logarithm of mortality on latitude. This was based on a threshold of 28° north that explained the greatest amount of variation. B. Logarithm of COVID-19 mortality per 1 million compared with latitude with and without adjustment for age (%≥65 years).