From cb371f04a8fb0938c447c9df0a0d94b300650d53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Bevand Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:45:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] udpate # of deaths with no age information --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9eec38c..9208ccb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ has made significant corrections to deaths statistics on 25 May by subtracting approximately 2 000 deaths. Therefore we trusted the statistics from 29 May over those of 18 May. -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 equally—among age +Important detail to note: there were 27 121 total deaths, however age information +was only available for 20 585 deaths, and was missing for 6 536 deaths. +We assume that these 6 536 deaths were distributed proportionally—not equally—among age brackets, which seems to be a reasonable assumption. # Applying the age-stratified IFR to other countries