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cord-348772-xcf0jmqp	Rickards, C. G.	Age-Stratified SARS-CoV-2 Infection Fatality Rates in New York City estimated from serological data	2020-10-20		.txt	text/plain	3038	136	57	Estimating the age-specific infection fatality rate (IFR) of SARS-CoV-2 for different populations is crucial for assessing the fatality of COVID-19 and for appropriately allocating limited vaccine supplies to minimize mortality. Design, Setting, Participants: We used data from a published serosurvey of 5946 individuals 18 years or older conducted April 19-28, 2020 with time series of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths for five age-classes from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The age-specific IFR for SARS-CoV-2 in New York City increased with age approximately 77-fold from 0.07% in 18-44 to 5.3% in 75+ year-olds, in the raw analysis where we assumed equal seroprevalence for all subgroup age-classes (55-64, 65-74, 75+) within the 55+ age-class (Table 1 ). The IFRs in New York City were higher for the two younger age classes (18-44, 45-64), which accounted for 26% of the 15,885 deaths (Table 1) , than all three other studies based on large-scale serosurveys (Geneva, Spain and England).	./cache/cord-348772-xcf0jmqp.txt	./txt/cord-348772-xcf0jmqp.txt