Who is most at risk from the coronavirus?

People aged over 60 and those with pre-existing medical conditions appear to be most at risk from the coronavirus, according to the World Health Organisation


COVID-19 MORTALITY RATE: Based on 44,672 confirmed cases from China (as of Feb 11, 2020)

Overall COVID-19 mortality rate
2.3%

No pre-existing conditions
0.9%

No deaths reported in children under 10

Research shows about 80 percent of cases are mild

		0	5%	10%	15%
Age, years 
80 and over 				14.8
70-79 				8.0
60-69 			3.6
50-59 		1.3
40-49 		0.4
30-39 		0.2 
20-29 		0.2 
10-19		0.2


Health condition
Cardiovascular disease 	10.5
Diabetes 		7.3
Respiratory disease 	6.3 
Hypertension 		6.0
Cancer (any)		5.6


Sex
Male 	2.8* 
Female	1.7

*Higher mortality rate may be explained by higher smoking rate among Chinese men
 

Sources: Business Insider, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention 
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