From a93a9e5b18c9463b97e39143c6f2e8c8f1c8676f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Bevand Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2020 14:36:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update readme --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 70d8d9f..e2dc2b9 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 among age +We assume that these 8 022 deaths were distributed proportionally—not linearly—among age brackets, which seems to be a reasonable assumption. # Applying the age-stratified IFR to other countries