Age distribution of population, confirmed COVID-19 cases, and COVID-19 deaths in the US

(Updated: 2021-01-05 17:39:28 EDT)

  • Data source: COVID-19 Case Surveillance Public Use Data
  • Accessed on January 4, 2021 (version released on December 31, 2020)
  • Latest report week is NA, and latest report date is December 16, 2020.
  • Total number of cases included in the data source: 13415836
  • Total number of deaths included in the data source: 239283
  • NOTE:
    1. Age reporting is good. Missing in only 0.6% of cases and 0.009% of deaths.
    2. Sex reporting is also good. Missing in 1.2% of cases and 0.4% of deaths.
    3. Race reporting is missing in many cases (38.6%). Reporting among reported deaths is better: 17.6% of reported deaths have missing race.
    4. Survival status and hospitalizations is missing in 52% and 58.7% of cases, respectively.

1. Overall age distribution

1.1. Population, cumulative cases, and cumulative deaths

1.2. Case trend

1.2.1. Weekly reported cases, number
1.2.2. Weekly reported cases, percent

(only weeks with more than 20 cases)

1.3. hospitalizations trend

1.3.1. Weekly reported hospitalizations, number
1.3.2. Weekly reported hospitalizations, percent

(only weeks with more than 20 hospitalizations)

1.4. Deaths trend

1.4.1. Weekly reported deaths, number
1.4.2. Weekly reported deaths, percent

(only weeks with more than 20 deaths)

2. Overall race distribution

2.1. Population, cumulative cases, and cumulative deaths

2.2. Case trend

2.2.1. Weekly reported cases, number
2.2.2. Weekly reported cases, percent

(only weeks with more than 20 cases)

2.3. Deaths trend

2.3.1. Weekly reported deaths, number
2.3.2. Weekly reported deaths, percent

(only weeks with more than 20 deaths)

2.A. Only among observations with known race: Overall race distribution

2.A.1. Population, cumulative cases, and cumulative deaths

2.A.2. Case trend

2.A.2.1. Weekly reported cases, number
2.A.2.2. Weekly reported cases, percent

(only weeks with more than 20 cases)

2.A.3. hosp trend

2.A.3.1. Weekly reported hospitlizations, number
2.A.3.2. Weekly reported hospitlizations, percent

(only weeks with more than 20 hospitalizations)

2.A.4. Deaths trend

2.A.4.1. Weekly reported deaths, number
2.A.4.2. Weekly reported deaths, percent

(only weeks with more than 20 deaths)

3. Latest cumulative age distribution by race

3.1. By metric: population, cases, hopitalization, and deaths

3.1.1. Age distribution of population by race
3.1.2. Age distribution of cases by race
3.1.3. Age distribution of hospitalizations by race
3.1.4. Age distribution of deaths by race

3.2. By race

Same data but different organizatoin

Figure 1. Trend of race-distribution in weekly COVID-19 cases

Figure 2. Trend of age-distribution in weekly COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths by race/ethnicity: Hispanic, non-Hispanic black, vs. Non-Hispanic white

Figure 3. Trends of weekly case fatality ratio - see three options

  • Option 1: By race (Hispanic, Black, White - following figure 2 structure. same legends)
  • Option 2: By age - among Hispanic, Black, White (breaking from the figure 2 structure, which is okay since this is not distribution anymore)
  • Option 3: By age - among all races

Decision points/questions: 1. currently all options starts from early April, to avoid idiosyncratic values in the beginning of the year. But there are still some (especially in option 3). Should we start from May? 2. currently 0-9 and 10-19 excluded (in options 2 & 3). Should we drop more younger age-group, and focus on older age-groups? 3. which option?