Looks like we have different ideas of what 'small percentage' means.
The following list of comorbidity factors is copied from [
www.cdc.gov] I provided the percentage of people in the USA who qualify
- People 65 years and older (15.2%)
People of all ages with underlying medical conditions, particularly if not well controlled, including:
- People with chronic lung disease or moderate to severe asthma (10%)
- People who have serious heart conditions (12.1%)
- People who are immunocompromised (3.6%)
- People with severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 40 or higher) (6.6%)
- People with diabetes (10.5%)
- People with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis (less than 1%)
- People with liver disease (1.8%)
(My note: Naturally, some people will have more than one comorbidity so you can't just add up all the percentages and get anything meaningful. But I remember reading somewhere that 40% of Americans have at least 1 comorbidity factor. Can't find the link, but I'm still looking ...)
edit: I couldn't find the link I was looking for but I did find this: [
www.medrxiv.org]
A summary of what it says: Overall approximately 45.4% of US adults reported any of the 6 comorbidities (cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, asthma, hypertension, and/or cancer other than skin) , increasing from around 19.8% for ages 18-29 years to around 80.7% for ages 80+ years.
AlbaNY_Ram
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/23/2020 12:38PM by AlbaNY_Ram.
