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cord-290314-ldv9hsv1	Cortis, Dominic	On Determining the Age Distribution of COVID-19 Pandemic	2020-05-15		.txt	text/plain	1551	87	59	The higher rate of mortality of COVID-19 in elderly individuals has been discussed in many reports. National Office statistics tend to group age distribution in three cohorts: less than 15 years old (youths), 15 to 64 years old (working population), and above 65 years old (elderly). The distribution of expected cases based on standard population statistics is compared to the same distribution for observed COVID-19 cases together with the old age dependency ratio (OADR) being the ratio of elderly to working population for each study. The proportion of COVID-19 confirmed cases for youths is lower in China (1.55%, 0.89%) than South Korea (4.04%) as individuals with mild symptoms would have not been tested as in South Korea. Age distributions can also partially explain why some countries such as Turkey have a low COVID-19 mortality rate despite the high number of cases.	./cache/cord-290314-ldv9hsv1.txt	./txt/cord-290314-ldv9hsv1.txt