From 9306e28962fe15828716240c45ba5dcf111cb381 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Bevand Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 21:15:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update readme --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 589f49e..8cb2519 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ IFR was calculated from three sources: Important detail to note: there were 26 744 total deaths, however age information was only available for 18 722 deaths, and was missing for 8 022 deaths. -We assume that these 8 022 deaths were distributed proportionally—not linearly—among age +We assume that these 8 022 deaths were distributed proportionally—not equally—among age brackets, which seems to be a reasonable assumption. # Applying the age-stratified IFR to other countries