The always reliable Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) has updated the rank of states by Covid-19 deaths per 100K in population. He’s also done us the great service of adjusting for age. Why do we adjust for age? Because the median age of death for COVID is 80 years old. If compare the mortality rate of The Villages, FL (median age 68) to Mountain View, CA (24) that’s apples & oranges. That’s why we adjust for age. It’s like comparing the mortality rate of at West Point to a nursing home in Illinois.
I'm curious what a graph like this looks like for all the major causes of death (e.g. heart disease, cancer)? My gut tells me it would be quite similar.
It's interesting, when you line up that CFR by state plot up with BMI... the blue states with high CFR actually have very low BMI. Whereas the red states that have high CFR, have a state average BMI in line with their CFR ranking.
I'm curious what a graph like this looks like for all the major causes of death (e.g. heart disease, cancer)? My gut tells me it would be quite similar.
Can you do a quick explainer on how to adjust for age please?
Someone needs to show this to the Governor of Wa. state!
It's interesting, when you line up that CFR by state plot up with BMI... the blue states with high CFR actually have very low BMI. Whereas the red states that have high CFR, have a state average BMI in line with their CFR ranking.