Thread by @Milhouse_Van_Ho

November 28 novembre

Weekly update for / Mise à jour hebdomadaire du Ontario/Quebec/Canada

Data is 100% public and official, and fully cited. / Les données sont 100% publiques et officielles.

#COVID19Canada #COVID19Ontario #COVID19Canada #covid19qc #covid19toronto

Mise à jour hebdomadaire du Québec:

https://twitter.com/Milhouse_Van_Ho/status/1332554450775519233?s=20

Ontario weekly update:

https://twitter.com/Milhouse_Van_Ho/status/1332556416868093953?s=20

Canada - Covid-19 still presents a risk primarily to the elderly, not to children and hardly to working-age adults.

(n.b. Based on 2020 YTD data for Covid-19 - figures to be revised.)

However, Covid-19 is often not a wholly distinct and separate cause of death as there are other medical conditions involved in many cases.

There are also cases in which it is not even a cause of death, but the individual had tested positive sometime prior to their death.

Canada - The average age of a death by or with covid-19 is higher than life expectancy.

Deaths among those over 80 account for 70.8% of deaths by/with covid-19, but only 51.2% of all deaths (all causes) in 2018.

Canada - Bear in mind that the risk of death will sadly always rise in line with one's advancing age.

In 2018, 9.2% of those in the over-80 age cohort passed away.

(n.b. Based on 2020 YTD data for Covid-19 - figures to be revised.)

If you are under 70, your risk of dying after being infected with SARS-CoV-2 is lower than your annual risk of death.

If you are over 70, your risk of dying after being infected is only slightly higher than your annual risk of death.

All-cause death rates in Canada, 2016 to 2020:

- Death rates in Sept 2019-August 2020 generally comparable to earlier periods

- Significantly more variation between regions than year-to-year within same region

Overall deaths in Canada, 2016 to 2020:

- Ageing and growth of population may be biggest factors in modest year-over-year growth