https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=115050.msg2261520#msg2261520
My numbers have now been questioned by 2 posters so if anybody sees a discrepancy between what I said and what the chart says please enlighten me. I’m starting to doubt myself but I don’t see it.
I must be looking at different numbers, because my totals are different:
0-49: 4294
50-64: 5304
65+: 8538
Technically, there are more hospitalizations under 65 than over 65, so you were not inaccurate. However, if you adjust the dividing age between younger and older people to 50 years old, the numbers tell a very different story. The risk of hospitalization in younger people (under 50) is much, much less.
That said, I don't like any of those numbers, because a) they are low overall and I don't believe they are representative of the actual hospitalizations, and b) because younger people are more likely to ride out lesser symptoms at home, while older people are more likely to go at the first symptom. This doesn't show who was there with serious cases and who was held for observation for precautions and comorbidities.
ETA: I refreshed the page and it gave me different graphs. I'm not gonna update the numbers, but I think my points still stand.