Risks to children during the pandemic: some essential epidemiology for parents, clinicians and policymakers (original) (raw)
| Population | All Cause deaths | Unintentional injury deaths | LRTI deaths | COVID-19 deaths | COVID-19 deaths as % of all deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | per 100,000 | n | per 100,000 | n | per 100,000 | n | per 100,000 | ||||
| USA | 0-4y | 19,810,275 | 23844 | 120.36 | 1913 | 9.66 | 584 | 2.95 | 67 | 0.34 | 0.281% |
| 5-14y | 41,075,169 | 4990 | 12.15 | 710 | 1.73 | 129 | 0.31 | 67 | 0.16 | 1.343% | |
| United Kingdom | 0-9y | 8,052,552 | 3793 | 47.10 | 125 | 1.55 | 124 | 1.54 | 7 | 0.09 | 0.185% |
| 10-19y | 7,528,144 | 1109 | 14.73 | 96 | 1.28 | 22 | 0.29 | 22 | 0.29 | 1.983% | |
| Italy | 0-9y | 5,090,482 | 1569 | 30.83 | 61 | 1.19 | 39 | 0.76 | 8 | 0.16 | 0.510% |
| 10-19y | 5,768,874 | 772 | 13.38 | 72 | 1.26 | 11 | 0.19 | 10 | 0.17 | 1.296% | |
| Germany | 0-9y | 7,588,635 | 2782 | 36.66 | 132 | 1.74 | 50 | 0.65 | 9 | 0.12 | 0.323% |
| 10-19y | 7,705,657 | 1249 | 16.21 | 88 | 1.14 | 18 | 0.24 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.320% | |
| Spain | 0-9y | 4,370,858 | 1369 | 31.31 | 72 | 1.64 | 33 | 0.76 | 28 | 0.64 | 2.046% |
| 10-19y | 4,883,447 | 532 | 10.89 | 55 | 1.13 | 9 | 0.19 | 26 | 0.53 | 4.890% | |
| France | 0-9y | 7,755,755 | 2916 | 37.60 | 213 | 2.74 | 46 | 0.59 | 7 | 0.09 | 0.240% |
| 10-19y | 8,328,988 | 1068 | 12.82 | 106 | 1.28 | 11 | 0.13 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.375% | |
| Korea | 0-9y | 4,148,654 | 1519 | 36.61 | 142 | 3.42 | 36 | 0.86 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000% |
| 10-19y | 4,940,455 | 814 | 16.48 | 76 | 1.54 | 10 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000% | |
| TOTAL | 137,047,945 | 48,326 | 35.26 | 3,860 | 2.82 | 1,121 | 0.82 | 259 | 0.19 | 0.536% |
Table 1: Age-specific data for five countries showing population, estimated deaths from all and specific causes over approximately nine months, compared with COVID-19 cases and deaths from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to 20 Jan - 11 Feb 2021 (see note 3 for exact date for country, which varies by reporting method) NA= Not publicly available
Notes:
1. Population: collated from national statistical agencies by The Demographics of COVID-19 Deaths, National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED). Available online: https://dc-covid.site.ined.fr/en/
2. All cause deaths, unintentional injury deaths, LRTI deaths: Calculated from Global Burden of Disease estimates. Available online: http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-2017
3. COVID-19 Deaths: Collated from national statistical agencies by The Demographics of COVID-19 Deaths, National Institute for Demographic Studies (INED). Available online: https://dc-covid.site.ined.fr/en/ includes deaths reported up to: 20 Jan (Italy), 29 Jan (United Kingdom), 3 Feb (United States & Korea), 9 Feb (Germany), 10 Feb (Spain), 11 Feb (France)