Table 2. Comparative indicators of Covid-19 mortality.

	Units	India (IR-MLA samples)	Brazil	USA	World
Population *	million	1393.0	214.6	333.6	7,875
Average age*	years	31.0	35.1	39.5	33.2
Total Covid-19 deaths**	million	3.2–3.7	0.6	0.8	5.0
Covid-19 death rate**	per 1000	2.3–2.6	2.8	2.3	0.6
Standardized Covid-19 death rate***	per 1000	3.0–3.4	2.7	1.3	0.6

Sources: *demographic data from United Nations estimates (World Population Prospects 2019) [52];

**Computed from national estimates of deaths in October 2021 by age and sex [53, 54] (our estimates for India) and United Nations estimates [52].