Representative estimates of COVID-19 infection fatality rates from four locations in India: cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate age-specific and sex-specific mortality risk among all SARS-CoV-2 infections in four settings in India, a major lower-middle-income country and to compare age trends in mortality with similar estimates in high-income countries.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

India, multiple regions representing combined population >150 million.

Participants

Aggregate infection counts were drawn from four large population-representative prevalence/seroprevalence surveys. Data on corresponding number of deaths were drawn from official government reports of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 deaths.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was age-specific and sex-specific infection fatality rate (IFR), estimated as the number of confirmed

SUBMITTER: Cai R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8493602 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature