Where can I get the incidence rate by age cohort?

Brendan Burgess

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The CSO gives this information, but without knowing how many are in each age group, I don't know the incidence rate.

Health COVID-19 Information Hub - Central Statistics Office

www.cso.ie www.cso.ie

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Hi Leo

It's the rate I am looking for.

More than a third (34%) of cases were among people aged 25-44 while one in ten (10%) cases was in those aged 65 and over.

But what percentage of the population is in those age groups?

If 10% of the population are aged over 65, then the rate is as expected.
 
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Week 44, 2021 COVID-19 Epidemiology Team

08/11/2021

Scroll to page 9 for age-specific incidence report.
 
Brendan Burgess said:
Hi Leo

It's the rate I am looking for.

More than a third (34%) of cases were among people aged 25-44 while one in ten (10%) cases was in those aged 65 and over.

But what percentage of the population is in those age groups?

If 10% of the population are aged over 65, then the rate is as expected.
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Ah, OK, you can get that from CSO numbers.

So what you're seeing is 34% of cases in ~30% of the population who should be better equipped to resist it, and 10% of cases in 13% of the population who have much weaker immune systems. That points to the 25-44 year olds being less cautious and mixing more which isn't a surprise.
 
Leo said:
Weekly case stats here.
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It's interesting that between the 6th of August and the 29th of October cases went up 40% but the percentage of those over 65 who were infected increased from 4% to 10%, so a 250% increase within that age group. Is it in fact older people who are behaving irresponsibly and need to change their behaviour?
Table 2 is also interesting. It shows that over 65's account for 167 of the 179 deaths in October and that nobody under the age of 44 has died of Covid since mid February.
Is it time to refocus on those who are actually vulnerable and make sure they are protected? Should we be advising those over 75 who share a household with young people to wear a mask at home?
 
Purple said:
Is it time to refocus on those who are actually vulnerable and make sure they are protected? Should we be advising those over 75 who share a household with young people to wear a mask at home?
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I think that's a good idea, particularly with the increase in house calls to be expected over the Christmas period.
 
19-24 year olds have 8 cases per 1,000 in the latest week.
whereas my age group, 55-64 has almost 5 cases per 1,000

That is not a huge difference to justify any different behaviour.

I wonder how it's so low in the 85+ category? Did the earlier waves kill off the most vulnerable?

Or have they got the booster by now?
 
Brendan Burgess said:
19-24 year olds have 8 cases per 1,000 in the latest week.
whereas my age group, 55-64 has almost 5 cases per 1,000

That is not a huge difference to justify any different behaviour.
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Your age group are obviously out drinking and carousing.
 
Brendan Burgess said:
I wonder how it's so low in the 85+ category? Did the earlier waves kill off the most vulnerable?

Or have they got the booster by now?
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85+ would have been offered a booster by now, but they also have the most to lose so also likely being a lot more cautious.
 
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