1 out of 5 people could contract severe coronavirus because of that
An important part of the world's population is at risk of Grave Covid-19, according to a study.
When the first cases of coronavirus have been identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, it was unfathomable only in less than six months, nearly 8 million people around the world would be infected with the virus and more than 434,000 lives lost. as a result of it. Early in the pandemic, it has become clear that the risk of serious infection and death has not been equally distributed.
Sex, race, age and underlying health conditions all integrate with the equation that determines which is more likely to live or die of coronaviruses. However, these are the most likely to develop a serious infection are those with pre-existing health conditions - and the number of us who fall in this category is a bit surprising.
22% of the population
According to a modeling study published this week inGlobal Lancet HealthAbout 1.7 billion people around the world-22% of the world's population - suffer from underlying conditions that increase the risk of severe coronavirus. Remember that this number does not even include elderly people without underlying health and take into account other risk factors, including poverty and obesity, known to influence risks.
"About one in five people in the world could be at increased risk of Grave Covid-19, should it be infected because of the underlying disease, but this risk varies considerably at age age", said the study.
The researchers point out that the risk varies by age, ranging from less than 5% of people under the age of 20 to more than 66% of those aged 70 or older. "However, for many of these people, their condition might not be diagnosed or known from the health system, or their increased risk could be quite modest," they highlight. While the fifth risk of serious illness, researchers estimated that about 4% of the world's population, about 349 million people would require hospitalization if they became infected.
11 categories of risk factors
Risk factors have been broken down into 11 categories: cardiovascular disease (including cardiovascular disease caused by hypertension), chronic renal disease (including chronic kidney disease caused by hypertension), chronic respiratory disease, liver disease Chronicle, Diabetes, Cancers with direct immunosuppression, cancers without direct immunosuppression, but with possible immunosuppression caused by treatment, HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis (excluding latent infections), chronic neurological disorders, disorders of the sickle.
Researchers hope that their conclusions will contribute to the efforts of preventing prevention for those entering high-risk categories. "Identification of at-risk populations is important not only to make probable health burden projections in countries, but also for the design of effective strategies to reduce the risk of transmission to people in target groups," explain ", explain -they. As for yourself: go through this pandemic at your healthier, do not miss theseThings you should never do during the coronavirus pandemic.
