From aa4bd12c4d06d473a4c79f9e893e27bfdf503105 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Bevand Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:01:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add IFRs for continents --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 604f3fe..b8d1fc0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -266,8 +266,18 @@ The **overall IFR varies dramatically by more than 10-fold** between countries w population and those with an old population. In fact, **the young age of the population in Africa is a major factor explaining the -relatively small number of deaths** on this continent. We find IFR=0.127% for Africa, -and IFR=0.810% in Europe, a 6-fold difference. +relatively small number of deaths** on this continent. We find (ENE-COVID) +IFR=0.127% for Africa, and IFR=0.810% in Europe, a 6-fold difference. + +The overall IFR is, for each world region and the world: + +* 0.810% Europe +* 0.675% Northern America +* 0.518% Oceania +* 0.356% Latin America and the Caribbean +* 0.325% Asia +* 0.127% Africa +* **0.358% World** Our code, with the ENE-COVID Spanish serosurvey data from June 2020, accurately predicted an overall IFR of 0.669% in the United States, which is very close to