So far, males across the globe have died of coronavirus than females, a survey with updates on the fatality rates has indicated.
A check on the survey published by www.worldmeters.info on Friday, revealed that 4.7% of the total confirmed death cases were male, while 2.8% were female.
It also recorded 2.8% date rate in all cases for male and 1.7% for female. It stated that the report may be inconsequential for gender references based on patients pre-medical conditions
Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission published on Feb. 28 by WHO, which is based on 55,924 laboratory confirmed cases and A paper by the Chinese CCDC released on Feb. 17, which is based on 72,314 confirmed, suspected, and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 were used for the COVID-19 Fatality Rate by SEX.
When reading these numbers, it must be taken into account that smoking in China is much more prevalent among males. Smoking increases the risks of respiratory complications.
| SEX | DEATH RATE confirmed cases | DEATH RATE all cases |
| Male | 4.7% | 2.8% |
| Female | 2.8% | 1.7% |
However, the percentage shown below does NOT represent in any way the share of deaths by pre-existing condition. Rather, it represents, for a patient with a given pre-existing condition, the risk of dying if infected by COVID-19.
| PRE-EXISTING CONDITION | DEATH RATE confirmed cases | DEATH RATE all cases |
| Cardiovascular disease | 13.2% | 10.5% |
| Diabetes | 9.2% | 7.3% |
| Chronic respiratory disease | 8.0% | 6.3% |
| Hypertension | 8.4% | 6.0% |
| Cancer | 7.6% | 5.6% |
| no pre-existing conditions | 0.9% |
COVID-19 Fatality Rate by AGE according to the report shows that In general, relatively few cases are seen among children. SEE TABLE BELOW.
| AGE | DEATH RATE confirmed cases | DEATH RATE all cases |
| 80+ years old | 21.9% | 14.8% |
| 70-79 years old | 8.0% | |
| 60-69 years old | 3.6% | |
| 50-59 years old | 1.3% | |
| 40-49 years old | 0.4% | |
| 30-39 years old | 0.2% | |
| 20-29 years old | 0.2% | |
| 10-19 years old | 0.2% | |
| 0-9 years old | no fatalities |
The percentages shown below do NOT represent share of deaths by age group. Rather, it represents, for a person in a given age group, the risk of dying if infected with COVID-19.
