COVID-19 case-fatality rate and demographic and socioeconomic influencers: worldwide spatial regression analysis based on country-level data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the influence of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the COVID-19 case-fatality rate (CFR) globally.

Design

Publicly available register-based ecological study.

Setting

Two hundred and nine countries/territories in the world.

Participants

Aggregated data including 10 445 656 confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

COVID-19 CFR and crude cause-specific death rate were calculated using country-level data from the Our World in Data website.

Results

The average of country/territory-specific COVID-19 CFR is about 2%-3% worldwide and higher than previously reported at 0.7%-1.3%. A doubling in size of a population is associated with a 0.48% (95% CI 0.25% to 0.70%) increase in COVID-19 CFR, and a doubl

SUBMITTER: Cao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640588 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature