Objectives Previous studies have found a pattern of flatter COVID-19 age-mortality curves
among low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) using only official COVID-19 …

BACKGROUND Demographers have emphasized the importance of age in explaining the
spread of COVID-19 and its impact on mortality. However, the relationship between COVID …

This paper examines why a larger share of COVID-19 deaths occurs among young and
middle-aged adults in developing countries than in high-income countries. Using novel data …

BACKGROUND To date, any attention paid to the age shape of COVID-19 deaths has been
mostly in relation to understanding the differences in case fatality rates between countries …

Understanding the mortality impact of COVID-19 requires not only counting the dead, but
analyzing how premature the deaths are. We calculate years of life lost (YLL) across 81 …

Background Mortality is a key component of the natural history of COVID-19 infection.
Surveillance data on COVID-19 deaths and case diagnoses are widely available in the …

Determine age-specific infection fatality rates for COVID-19 to inform public health policies
and communications that help protect vulnerable age groups. Studies of COVID-19 …

Background Both age and comorbidity are established risk factors for death among those
infected with COVID-19. Because they often co-exist, it is difficult to assess if age is a risk …

This paper assesses the age specificity of the infection fatality rate (IFR) for COVID-19. Our
benchmark meta-regression synthesizes the age-specific IFRs from four recent large-scale …

Background Variations in the age patterns and magnitudes of excess deaths, as well as
differences in population sizes and age structures, make cross-national comparisons of the …