Pennsylvania Elder Care Crisis: Average Age COVID-19 Death Is 80, over 2/3 Deaths from Nursing Homes

MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY 20 May 2020 Breitbart.news

My cmnt: So out of 13,000,000 people we have 5,000 deaths. That is a statistical blip. And for that, even if it was spread evenly across the population (which it is not) we close down and ruin an entire state.

The elder care crisis in Pennsylvania was highlighted this week when data released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health showed the average age of those who have died of COVID-19 in the state is 80 years old and that more than two-thirds of the 4,505 who died of the virus as of Tuesday morning were residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported:

Deaths in nursing homes and assisted living facilities currently account for more than 68% of all the coronavirus-related fatalities in the state, with 3,086 long-term care residents dead as of Tuesday. Until Tuesday, the state had only released information by county, which showed the highest number of deaths occurring at unnamed homes in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks, and Delaware Counties.

Additional evidence that COVID-19 is taking a devastating toll on the elderly in Pennsylvania is provided by an analysis of the age of death data released by the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Sunday, which shows, as seen in Table 1 below, that the average age of COVID-19 deaths in the state is 80 years old, five years older than the national average of 75.

Table 1

Pennsylvania COVID-19 Deaths

	Age Group	Ave Age	Deaths	Total Years
	0-4	2	0	0
	5-9	7	0	0
	10-14	12	0	0
	15-19	17	0	0
	20-24	22	0	0
	25-29	27	0	0
	30-34	32	7	224
	35-39	37	5	185
	40-44	42	21	882
	45-49	47	45	2,115
	50-54	52	83	4,316
	55-59	57	146	8,322
	60-64	62	251	15,562
	65-69	67	354	23,718
	70-74	72	444	31,968
	75-79	77	512	39,424
	80-84	82	638	52,316
	85-89	87	800	69,600
	90-94	92	768	70,656
	95-99	97	341	33,077
	100-104	102	64	6,528
	105-109	107	6	642
	Total		4,485	359,535
	(Age not classified for 8 of 4,493 deaths)
	Average age of death calculation:
	Total Years/Total Deaths =	80.16