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cord-273605-vzmn6zep	Mougeni, F.	The potential effect of the African population age structure on COVID-19 mortality	2020-05-21		.txt	text/plain	1101	68	56	As COVID-19 mortality occurs mainly in elderly and as Africa has a comparably young population, the death rates should be lower than on other continents. We calculated standardised mortality ratios (SMR) using age-specific case fatality rates for COVID-19 and the age structure of the population of Africa and of other continents. It is useful to quantify the isolated effect of the African age-structure on potential COVID-19 mortality for illustrative and communication purposes, keeping in mind the importance of public health measures that have been shown to be effective in reducing cases and deaths. As age-specific case fatality rates for COVID-19 are available, and the age structure of the population of Africa and of other continents is known, it is possible to calculate the comparative effect of age using methods known from indirect age adjustment. Authors of mathematical models predicting COVID-19 mortality in Africa acknowledge the strong effect of age in the African population.	./cache/cord-273605-vzmn6zep.txt	./txt/cord-273605-vzmn6zep.txt