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. 2020 Oct 26;73(9):e2962–e2969. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1627

Table 4.

SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in Retired Blood Donors Aged 70 Years or Older and Active Blood Donors Aged 17–69 Years

Region
Capital Zealand Central Denmark Total
Tested, ≥70 y, n
 Nonreactive, n 439 452 288 1179
 Reactive, n 10 9 <5 22
 Total, n 449 461 291 1201
≥70 years, seroprevalence
 Unadjusted, % 2.2 (1.1–4.1) 2.0 (0.9–3.7) 1.0 (0.2–3.0) 1.8 (1.2–2.8)
 Adjusted, % 2.2 (0.6–4.1) 1.9 (0.4–3.7) 0.7 (−0.4–3.0) 1.4 (0.3–2.5)
 Citizens, ≥70 y, n 231 731 139 827 184 324 555 882
 Expected seropositives, n 5098 (1390–9501) 2656 (559–5174) 1290 (0–5529) 7782 (1668–13 897)
 Confirmed cases, n 1194 394 243 1831
 Ratio of confirmed cases to expected seropositives, % 23.4 (12.6–85.9) 14.8 (7.6–70.5) 18.8 (4.4–100) 23.5 (13.2–100)
 Confirmed deaths, n 311 107 60 478
 IFR, % 6.1 (3.3–22.4) 4.0 (2.1–19.1) 4.7 (1.1–100) 6.1 (3.4–28.6)
Tested, 17–69 y, n
 Nonreactive, n 479 243 355 1077
 Reactive, n 21 7 5 33
 Total, n 500 250 360 1110
17–69 y, seroprevalence
 Unadjusted, % 4.2 (2.6–6.3) 2.8 (1.1–5.7) 1.4 (0.5–3.2) 3.0 (2.1–4.1)
 Adjusted, % 3.9 (2.1–6.0) 2.5 (0.6–5.3) 1.1 (−0.3–2.8) 2.5 (1.3–3.8)
 Citizens, 17–69 y, n 1 268 536 544 560 887 939 2 701 035
 Expected seropositives, n 49 472 (26 639–76 112) 13 614 (3267–28 861) 9767 (0–24 862) 67 525 (35 113–102 639)
 Confirmed cases, n 5575 1543 1320 8438
 Ratio of confirmed cases to expected seropositives, % 11.3 (7.3–20.9) 11.3 (5.3–47.2) 13.5 (5.3–100) 12.5 (8.2–24.0)
 Confirmed deaths, n 45 17 9 71
 IFR, % 0.09 (0.06 –0.17) 0.12 (0.06–0.52) 0.09 (0.04–100) 0.11 (0.07–0.2)

Abbreviations: IFR, infection fatality rate; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.