Table 1.
Summary statistics for various COVID-19 outcome variables
| Outcome variable | Mean | SDa | Median | Lower quartile | Upper quartile | IQRb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of tests/100,000 persons | 12,473.25 | 3831.50 | 11,697.47 | 10,091.51 | 14,059.53 | 3968.00 |
| Percent of positive testsc | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| Number of cases/100,000 persons | 1178.87 | 659.71 | 877.95 | 726.86 | 1446.45 | 719.59 |
| Percent of hospitalized casesd | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Number hospitalized cases/100,000 persons | 82.82 | 50.84 | 66.02 | 45.05 | 104.33 | 59.27 |
| Case fatality rate (%) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Number of deaths/100,000 persons | 16.34 | 15.06 | 11.71 | 5.39 | 23.86 | 18.46 |
aStandard deviation
bInterquartile range
cComputed as: (number of persons with positive tests)/(number of persons with positive tests + number of persons with negative test)*100
dNormal variable