SOCIAL SCIENCES Correction for “Demographic perspectives on the mortality of COVID-19 and other epidemics,” by Joshua R. Goldstein and Ronald D. Lee, which was first published August 20, 2020; 10.1073/pnas.2006392117 (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 22035–22041).
The authors note that on page 22037, left column, fourth paragraph, second sentence, incorrect ratios were reported and the following text should have been deleted: “so the ratio of male to female COVID-19 death rates which is 1.44 from 35 to 54 y declines thereafter across 10-y age groups to 1.37, 1.34, 1.26, and finally 1.12 for 85+ y.”
Also on page 22037, right column, first paragraph, last sentence, “Despite the widespread reporting of higher COVID-19 mortality for males, the relative risk of males to females is actually lower for COVID-19 than for all-cause mortality in the United States in 2017 (7)” should instead read “Consistent with widespread reporting, the relative risk of males to females of COVID-19 is higher than for all-cause mortality in the United States in 2017 (7).”