Age, gender and COVID-19 infections
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Abstract
Data for ten European countries which provide detailed distribution of COVID-19 cases by sex and age show that among people of working age, women diagnosed with COVID-19 substantially outnumber infected men. This pattern reverses around retirement: infection rates among women fall at age 60-69, resulting in a cross-over with infection rates among men. The relative disadvantage of women peaks at ages 20-29, whereas the male disadvantage in infection rates peaks at ages 70-79. The elevated infection rates among women of working age are likely tied to their higher share in health- and care-related occupations. Our examination also suggests a link between women’s employment profiles and infection rates in prime working ages. The same factors that determine women’s higher life expectancy account for their lower fatality and higher male disadvantage at older ages.
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Institutional Review Board Statement Ethics committee approval No approval required. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable Among people of working age , women diagnosed wit COVID-19 substantially outnumber infected men . Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources More detailed data on age and sex characteristics of persons with reported COVID-19 infections are provided i supplement tables S4-S5; source data and computed infection rates by 10-year age groups are listed in supplementary data tables in MS Excel . MS Excelsuggested: NoneResults from …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.05.24.20111765: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement Ethics committee approval No approval required. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable Among people of working age , women diagnosed wit COVID-19 substantially outnumber infected men . Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources More detailed data on age and sex characteristics of persons with reported COVID-19 infections are provided i supplement tables S4-S5; source data and computed infection rates by 10-year age groups are listed in supplementary data tables in MS Excel . MS Excelsuggested: NoneResults from OddPub: Thank you for sharing your data.
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