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. 2020 Jul-Aug;152(1-2):21–40. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_977_20

Table I.

Age group-wise distribution of cases and fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019

Study Country Total number of cases Age group (yr) Number of cases (%) Deaths (%) Case-fatality rate (%)
The Novel China 72,314 0-9 416 (0.9) - -
Coronavirus Pneumonia (confirmed cases -
Emergency Response 44,672) 10-19 549 (1.2) 1 (0.1) 0.2
Epidemiology Team3 20-29 3619 (8.1) 7 (0.7) 0.2
30-39 7600 (17.0) 18 (1.8) 0.2
40-49 8571 (19.2) 38 (3.7) 0.4
50-59 10,008 (22.4) 130 (12.7) 1.3
60-69 8583 (19.2) 312 (30.5) 3.6
70-79 3918 (8.8) 309 (30.2) 8.0
≥80 1408 (3.2) 208 (20.3) 14.8
Total 44,672 1023 2.3
Livingston and Bucher, 20204 Italy 22,512 0-9 Number of cases not available in the range taken for comparison (age group mentioned as 0-18, 19-50, 51-70 and >70 yr) 0 0
10-19 0 0
20-29 0 0
30-39 4 (0.2) 0.3
40-49 10 (0.6) 0.4
50-59 43 (2.6) 1.0
60-69 139 (8.5) 3.5
70-79 578 (35.6) 12.5
80-89 694 (42.7) 19.7
≥90 156 (9.6) 22.7
Not reported 1 (0.06) 0.6
Total 22,512 1625 (100) 7.2
CDC COVID-19 Response Team, USA5 USA 4,226 (confirmed cases - 2,449) 0-19 123 (5) 0 0
20-44 705 (29) 9 (20) 0.1-0.2*
45-54 429 (18) 0.5-0.8
55-64 429 (18) 1.4-2.6
65-74 409 (17) 20 (46) 2.7-4.9
75-84 210 (9) 4.3-10.5
≥85 144 (6) 15 (34) 10.4-27.3
Total 2449 44 1.8-3.4
Korean Society of Infectious South Korea 4,212 0-9 32 (1) 0 0
Diseases6 10-19 169 (4) 0 0
20-29 1235 (30) 0 0
30-39 506 (12) 1 (4.5) 0.2
40-49 633 (15) 1 (4.5) 0.2
50-59 834 (20) 5 (22.7) 0.6
60-69 530 (12) 6 (27.3) 1.1
70-79 192 (5) 6 (27.3) 3.1
≥80 81 (2) 3 (13.6) 3.7
Total 4,212 22 0.5

*In lower and upper bound ranges