# What is the average age of those who have died from Covid-19?

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
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**Created:** [December 24, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-those-who-have-died-from-covid-19/928788 "2020-12-24T04:03:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-those-who-have-died-from-covid-19/928788/1 "2020-12-24T04:03:27Z")

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Over 320,000 Americans have died from Covid-19. Does anyone know the average age of this cohort (with cite)?

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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-those-who-have-died-from-covid-19/928788/2 "2020-12-24T04:10:27Z")

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Based on the data here which are pretty up to date (12/19) for deaths in the U.S. I get the mean age to be about 75, median around 78.

> **[COVID-19 Provisional Counts - Weekly Updates by Select Demographic and...](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#AgeAndSex)**
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> Tabulated data on provisional COVID-19 deaths by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and comorbidities. Also includes an index of state-level and county-level mortality data available for download.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-those-who-have-died-from-covid-19/928788/3 "2020-12-24T04:53:40Z")

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That’s interesting. It prompted me to look up the figures for Australia and, for a much smaller number of deaths, it is much the same. Only 20 people under 60 have died, and 15 of them were over 50. The over 70s account for 94% of the deaths.

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**Author:** ![UDS1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@UDS1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS1)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-those-who-have-died-from-covid-19/928788/4 "2020-12-24T05:47:20Z")

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And how, does anybody know, does that compare with the corresponding figure for deaths from all causes?

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-average-age-of-those-who-have-died-from-covid-19/928788/5 "2020-12-24T05:51:30Z")

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It’s on the data in **Riemann** ’s link. Very interesting for the younger age groups. Only 467 deaths by COVID under 24 out of about 54,000 total deaths.