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The Age Pattern of the Male- to- Female Ratio in Mortality from COVID-19 Mirrors that of Cardiovascular Disease but not Cancer in the General Population

2020-07-11

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<h4>Background</h4> Males are at a higher risk of dying from COVID-19. Older age and cardiovascular disease are also associated with COVID-19 mortality. We compared the male-to-female (sex) ratios in mortality by age for COVID-19 with cardiovascular mortality and cancer mortality in the general population. <h4>Methods</h4> We obtained data from official government sources in the US and five European countries: Ita...

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Literature Corpus work: 7e58a6a5-9183-5cc6-bd03-4454010c6316
DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.10.20149013

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