Research Insights: Why Do Young and Middle-Aged Adults Represent a Larger Share of Covid-19 Deaths in Developing Countries?
Young and middle-aged adults represent a larger share of Covid-19 deaths in developing countries -including Latin America- than in high-income countries. This is not due to those countries younger populations. Much of the gap is explained by lower recovery rates among non-elderly adults, which are linked to a high prevalence of preexisting conditions associated with severe Covid-19 complications, and in some cases by limited access to life-saving intensive care. Higher infection rates also appear to play a role, as factors correlated to faster virus spread -including housing overcrowding and labor informality- are likewise correlated to non-elderly Covid-19 mortality.
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | Public Policy, Economy, Health Policy, Income Distribution, Elderly, Vaccination, Coronavirus, Quarantine, Emerging Market, Debtor Finance, Educational Institution, R10 - General Regional Economics: General, J10 - Demographic Economics: General, I18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health, I14 - Health and Inequality, O57 - Comparative Studies of Countries, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002943 https://publications.iadb.org/en/research-insights-why-do-young-and-middle-aged-adults-represent-larger-share-covid-19-deaths |
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| Summary: | Young and middle-aged adults represent a larger share of Covid-19 deaths in developing countries -including Latin America- than in high-income countries. This is not due to those countries younger populations. Much of the gap is explained by lower recovery rates among non-elderly adults, which are linked to a high prevalence of preexisting conditions associated with severe Covid-19 complications, and in some cases by limited access to life-saving intensive care. Higher infection rates also appear to play a role, as factors correlated to faster virus spread -including housing overcrowding and labor informality- are likewise correlated to non-elderly Covid-19 mortality. |
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