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The script [apply_ifr.py](apply_ifr.py) uses a handful of age-stratified The script [apply_ifr.py](apply_ifr.py) uses a handful of age-stratified
IFR estimates and applies them to countries' population pyramids, to IFR estimates and applies them to countries' population pyramids, to
find their overall IFR assuming equal prevalence of the disease among all find their expected overall IFR assuming equal prevalence of the disease among all
age groups. IFR estimates come from: age groups.
Of course, the real-world overall IFR will dependent on many factors: varying
prevalence among age groups, underlying health conditions, access to
healthcare, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, etc.
IFR estimates come from:
1. ENE-COVID Spanish serosurvey (calculated by `calc_ifr.py`, see next section) 1. ENE-COVID Spanish serosurvey (calculated by `calc_ifr.py`, see next section)
1. [US CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html) (table 1) 1. [US CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/planning-scenarios.html) (table 1)