Table 3.
Age-specific parameter values from Ferguson et al. (2020).
Age-group | % symptomatic cases | % hospitalised cases | infection fatality |
---|---|---|---|
(years) | requiring hospitalisation, | requiring critical care, | ratio, |
0–9 | 0.1% | 5% | 0.002% |
10–19 | 0.3% | 5% | 0.006% |
20–29 | 1.2% | 5% | 0.03% |
30–39 | 3.2% | 5% | 0.08% |
40–49 | 4.9% | 6.3% | 0.15% |
50–59 | 10.2% | 12.2% | 0.6% |
60–69 | 16.6% | 27.4% | 2.2% |
70–79 | 24.3% | 43.2% | 5.1% |
80+ | 27.3% | 70.9% | 9.3% |