2020 12 December - WA Covid By Age
Motivated by the Seattle Times’ article on COVID in youth, I was stunned by their lack of insight into the situation of COVID by age, indicated by this plot:
So I set about showing how with a little bit of thought and a focus on an appropriate baseline, you can visualize the key conclusion more in a much more effective manner.
Data Utilized
Snapshots of the raw data are in this folder as well.
- From the WA COVID Data Dashboard, Cases and Deaths by Week of Illness Onset, County, and Age (XLSX)
- From the WA Office of Financial Management, this table of population estimates by age:
| Age Group | Population |
|---|---|
| 0-4 | 439,657 |
| 5-9 | 429,877 |
| 10-14 | 438,233 |
| 15-19 | 462,128 |
| 20-24 | 461,512 |
| 25-29 | 480,398 |
| 30-34 | 453,383 |
| 35-39 | 448,607 |
| 40-44 | 459,698 |
| 45-49 | 492,909 |
| 50-54 | 495,296 |
| 55-59 | 453,078 |
| 60-64 | 382,087 |
| 65-69 | 270,474 |
| 70-74 | 186,746 |
| 75-79 | 142,068 |
| 80-84 | 111,118 |
| 85+ | 117,271 |
