Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19

27 April 2020

New research has highlighted the importance of age and demographic science in explaining the difference in fatalities across countries affected by the virus.

The study, led by Jennifer Beam Dowd and Melinda Mills at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, emphasises the potential for dramatically higher fatality rates in countries and localities with older populations.

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