As of the end of February 2020 and based on data available from China, the probability of dying as a result of a coronavirus infection was 4.7 percent among confirmed cases in males and 2.8 percent among confirmed cases in females. This statistic depicts the death rate of confirmed and all cases of COVID-19 worldwide as of February 28, 2020, by gender.
Death rate of confirmed and all cases of COVID-19 as of February 28, 2020, by gender*
* Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%).
All numbers are based on is based on 55,924 laboratory confirmed cases and 72,314 confirmed, suspected, and asymptomatic cases in China.
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Worldometer. (February 29, 2020). Death rate of confirmed and all cases of COVID-19 as of February 28, 2020, by gender* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103644/covid-19-death-rate-confirmed-and-all-cases-by-gender/
Worldometer. "Death rate of confirmed and all cases of COVID-19 as of February 28, 2020, by gender*." Chart. February 29, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103644/covid-19-death-rate-confirmed-and-all-cases-by-gender/
Worldometer. (2020). Death rate of confirmed and all cases of COVID-19 as of February 28, 2020, by gender*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103644/covid-19-death-rate-confirmed-and-all-cases-by-gender/
Worldometer. "Death Rate of Confirmed and All Cases of Covid-19 as of February 28, 2020, by Gender*." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103644/covid-19-death-rate-confirmed-and-all-cases-by-gender/
Worldometer, Death rate of confirmed and all cases of COVID-19 as of February 28, 2020, by gender* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103644/covid-19-death-rate-confirmed-and-all-cases-by-gender/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Death rate of confirmed and all cases of COVID-19 as of February 28, 2020, by gender* [Graph], Worldometer, February 29, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103644/covid-19-death-rate-confirmed-and-all-cases-by-gender/
