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Table 1 Descriptive statistics by age group (by May 15)

From: Saving lives during the COVID-19 pandemic: the benefits of the first Swiss lockdown

 

Age groups

 
 

0–9

10–19

20–29

30–39

40–49

50–64

65–79

80+

Total

Panel A: positive cases

Number of cases

153

862

3801

4106

4768

8318

4393

4059

30460

Share of total cases

0.50%

2.83%

12.48%

13.48%

15.65%

27.31%

14.42%

13.33%

100%

Share of women

47.02%

58.58%

59.73%

57.20%

57.19%

50.29%

44.81%

60.70%

54.30%

Panel B: hospitalizations and ICU

Hospitalizations

26

33

110

136

258

866

1275

1187

3891

Hospitalizations/cases

16.99%

3.83%

2.89%

3.31%

5.41%

10.41%

29.02%

29.24%

12.77%

ICU

1

1

5

15

27

132

239

78

498

ICU/cases

0.65%

0.12%

0.13%

0.36%

0.57%

1.59%

5.44%

1.92%

1.63%

Average days in ICU

4.33

10.50

16.25

11.41

8.66

11.30

Panel C: deaths

Number of deaths

0

0

0

5

4

71

403

1112

1,595

Deaths/cases

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

0.12%

0.08%

0.85%

9.17%

27.39%

5.24%

Share of women

0.00%

0.00%

0.00%

40.00%

25.00%

25.35%

31.27%

47.48%

42.32%

  1. Note: This table summarizes the individual-level data released by the Federal Office of Public Health, which cover the period between February 24 and May 15, 2020. Panel A displays the number of officially reported positive cases, as well as the share of total cases in each age group and the share of women. Panel B shows the number of patients requiring hospitalization or intensive care in each age group, also expressed as a share of the total number of cases in the corresponding age group. In case of access to intensive care units, the data even report the exact dates of entry and exit, allowing to compute the average length of stay. Finally, panel C displays the number of COVID-related deaths in each age group, indicating the corresponding case fatality rate and the share of total fatalities occurred among women