The global case fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 by continents and national income : A meta-analysis

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The aim of this study is to provide a more accurate representation of COVID-19's case fatality rate (CFR) by performing meta-analyses by continents and income, and by comparing the result with pooled estimates. We used multiple worldwide data sources on COVID-19 for every country reporting COVID-19 cases. On the basis of data, we performed random and fixed meta-analyses for CFR of COVID-19 by continents and income according to each individual calendar date. CFR was estimated based on the different geographical regions and levels of income using three models: pooled estimates, fixed- and random-model. In Asia, all three types of CFR initially remained approximately between 2.0% and 3.0%. In the case of pooled estimates and the fixed model results, CFR increased to 4.0%, by then gradually decreasing, while in the case of random-model, CFR remained under 2.0%. Similarly, in Europe, initially, the two types of CFR peaked at 9.0% and 10.0%, respectively. The random-model results showed an increase near 5.0%. In high-income countries, pooled estimates and fixed-model showed gradually increasing trends with a final pooled estimates and random-model reached about 8.0% and 4.0%, respectively. In middle-income, the pooled estimates and fixed-model have gradually increased reaching up to 4.5%. in low-income countries, CFRs remained similar between 1.5% and 3.0%. Our study emphasizes that COVID-19 CFR is not a fixed or static value. Rather, it is a dynamic estimate that changes with time, population, socioeconomic factors, and the mitigatory efforts of individual countries.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical virology - 94(2022), 6 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 2402-2413

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abou Ghayda, Ramy [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Keum Hwa [VerfasserIn]
Han, Young Joo [VerfasserIn]
Ryu, Seohyun [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Sung Hwi [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Sojung [VerfasserIn]
Jeong, Gwang Hum [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jae Won [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Hyo Jeong [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jinhee [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jun Young [VerfasserIn]
Effenberger, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Eisenhut, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Kronbichler, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Solmi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Li, Han [VerfasserIn]
Jacob, Louis [VerfasserIn]
Koyanagi, Ai [VerfasserIn]
Radua, Joaquim [VerfasserIn]
Park, Myung Bae [VerfasserIn]
Aghayeva, Sevda [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Mohamed L C B [VerfasserIn]
Al Serouri, Abdulwahed [VerfasserIn]
Al-Shamsi, Humaid O [VerfasserIn]
Amir-Behghadami, Mehrdad [VerfasserIn]
Baatarkhuu, Oidov [VerfasserIn]
Bashour, Hyam [VerfasserIn]
Bondarenko, Anastasiia [VerfasserIn]
Camacho-Ortiz, Adrian [VerfasserIn]
Castro, Franz [VerfasserIn]
Cox, Horace [VerfasserIn]
Davtyan, Hayk [VerfasserIn]
Douglas, Kirk [VerfasserIn]
Dragioti, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Ebrahim, Shahul [VerfasserIn]
Ferioli, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Harapan, Harapan [VerfasserIn]
Mallah, Saad I [VerfasserIn]
Ikram, Aamer [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Shigeru [VerfasserIn]
Jankovic, Slobodan [VerfasserIn]
Jayarajah, Umesh [VerfasserIn]
Jesenak, Milos [VerfasserIn]
Kakodkar, Pramath [VerfasserIn]
Kebede, Yohannes [VerfasserIn]
Kifle, Meron [VerfasserIn]
Koh, David [VerfasserIn]
Males, Visnja K [VerfasserIn]
Kotfis, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Lakoh, Sulaiman [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Lowell [VerfasserIn]
Llibre-Guerra, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Machida, Masaki [VerfasserIn]
Makurumidze, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Mamun, Mohammed A [VerfasserIn]
Masic, Izet [VerfasserIn]
Van Minh, Hoang [VerfasserIn]
Moiseev, Sergey [VerfasserIn]
Nadasdy, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Nahshon, Chen [VerfasserIn]
Ñamendys-Silva, Silvio A [VerfasserIn]
Yongsi, Blaise N [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Henning B [VerfasserIn]
Nodjikouambaye, Zita A [VerfasserIn]
Ohnmar, Ohnmar [VerfasserIn]
Oksanen, Atte [VerfasserIn]
Owopetu, Oluwatomi [VerfasserIn]
Parperis, Konstantinos [VerfasserIn]
Perez, Gonzalo E [VerfasserIn]
Pongpirul, Krit [VerfasserIn]
Rademaker, Marius [VerfasserIn]
Rosa, Sandro [VerfasserIn]
Sah, Ranjit [VerfasserIn]
Sallam, Dina [VerfasserIn]
Schober, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Singhal, Tanu [VerfasserIn]
Tafaj, Silva [VerfasserIn]
Torres, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Torres-Roman, J Smith [VerfasserIn]
Tsartsalis, Dimitrios [VerfasserIn]
Tsolmon, Jadamba [VerfasserIn]
Tuychiev, Laziz [VerfasserIn]
Vukcevic, Batric [VerfasserIn]
Wanghi, Guy [VerfasserIn]
Wollina, Uwe [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Ren-He [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Zaidi, Zoubida [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Lee [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Jae Il [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Case fatality rate
Continents
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Proportion meta-analysis

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Date Completed 19.04.2022

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.27610

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336335598