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Table 4 OLS estimates for Germany 28 days after the start of the county-specific epidemic with fatalities per 10,000 inhabitants as outcome variable

From: Timing matters: the impact of response measures on COVID-19-related hospitalization and death rates in Germany and Switzerland

 

Estimate

Standard error

Intercept

−1.1628

0.6661

Intermediate timing

0.3348

0.1403

Late timing

0.5729

0.2663

Share of population aged 65+

−6.4132

2.8281

Population: 0–105,878

0.4388

0.2112

Population: 105,879–158,080

0.2848

0.135

Population: 158,081–251,534

0.0665

0.0985

Population density: 0–117.3

0.0801

0.1425

Population density: 117.3–206.7

0.1201

0.1454

Population density: 206.7–779.7

0.0613

0.1347

Income per capita: 0–27,934

−0.1437

0.1561

Income per capita: 27,935–33,109

−0.1721

0.1439

Income per capita: 33,110–40,506

0.0568

0.1749

Share of confirmed infections aged 80+ prior to lockdown

4.4466

2.1463

80+ mortality rate (per 1000 inhabitants), 2017

0.2066

0.091

Share of respiratory disease-related deaths, 2016

0.9538

3.7197

Hospital beds per 1000 inhabitants

−0.0329

0.0184

Initial growth trend for confirmed cases in log points: 0–0.14

−0.1188

0.1852

Initial growth trend for confirmed cases in log points: 0.14–0.21

−0.089

0.1407

Initial growth trend for confirmed cases in log points: 0.21–0.28

−0.0369

0.136

Confirmed infections per 10,000 inhabitants on epidemic day 4

0.2556

0.0805

Recommendation against events with > 1000 visitors

0.1594

0.0985

Ban of events with > 1000 visitors

0.7132

0.141

Curfew

0.2403

0.1111