Table 3.
Risk for (ICU) hospitalization and subjectively perceived risk for a life-threatening illness due to a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
| Age | Cases Hospital (%)* | Cases ICU (%)* | Subjective estimate of “Corona” causing a life-threatening illness | Factor of subjective over-estimation of risk | Subjective estimate of “Corona” causing a life-threatening illness (public media subgroup) | Subjective estimate of “Corona” causing a life-threatening illness (private media subgroup) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–29+ | 1.23% | 0.10% | 9.65% | 97 | 11.14% | 7.27% |
| 30–39 | 1.93% | 0.22% | 9.35% | 43 | 13.49% | 6.21% |
| 40–49 | 2.95% | 0.44% | 8.86% | 20 | 15.54% | 3.95% |
| 50–59 | 5.82% | 1.11% | 10.19% | 9 | 14.63% | 5.21% |
| 60–69 | 15.38% | 3.64% | 12.78% | 4 | 17.86% | 6.36% |
| 70++ | 36.85% | 5.52% | 15.37% | 3 | 17.73% | 4.82% |
Cases hospital and Cases ICU refer to hospitalization or ICU cases (in %) of all positive (EMS)-tested cases between 01.01.2020 and 28.02.2021. Data are derived from the Austrian factsheet for COVID-19 hospitalization (35) (updated calculation Trauner and Bachner, personal communication, June 13, 2022) best matching the survey time period. +Note that some age groups from the Austrian factsheet (35) were pooled to ensure correspondence with the survey age groups. “Subjective estimate of Corona causing a life-threatening illness” is the personal estimate of risk for the total group as well as the two subgroups based on media consumption. The respective factors of risk over-estimation are printed in bold for highlighting purposes. Calculation is made as follows: Subjective estimate of “Corona” causing a life-threatening illness (%) divided by Cases ICU (%). Hot colors highlight higher values for illustration purposes.