COVID-19 mortality by age and health condition U.S. 2020

It was estimated that around 20 percent of those with underlying health conditions who had COVID-19 in the United States from January 22 to May 30, 2020 died from the disease, compared to just 2 percent of COVID-patients without underlying health conditions. Underlying health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, chronic lung disease, or diabetes greatly increase the chance of death due to COVID-19. This statistic shows the percentage of people in the U.S. who had COVID-19 from January 22 to May 30, 2020 with and without underlying health conditions who died, by age.

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Percentage of people who died from COVID-19 in the United States from January 22 to May 30, 2020, by presence of underlying health condition and age*

Characteristic	Patients with an underlying health condition	Patients without an underlying health condition
9 years and younger	0.6%	0.1%
10 to 19 years	0.8%	0.1%
20 to 29 years	1.4%	0.1%
30 to 39 years	2.8%	0.1%
40 to 49 years	4.5%	0.4%
50 to 59 years	7.8%	0.9%
60 to 69 years	16.7%	2.4%
70 to 79 years	31.7%	10.2%
80 years and older	49.7%	29.8%
Total	19.5%	1.6%

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Release date

June 2020

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United States

Survey time period

January 22 to May 30, 2020

Supplementary notes

* Based on 1,320,488 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases individually reported to CDC during January 22–May 30, 2020. Death outcomes were known for 480,565 (36%) patients. Among 71,116 reported deaths through case surveillance, the status of underlying health conditions was known for 40,243 (57%) patients.

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