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Table 1 The gender dimensions of COVID-19

From: A gendered magnifying glass on COVID-19

Country SARS-CoV-2 infections Deaths
Overall Males (%) Females (%) Overall (N°) Males (%) Females (%)
Italy 230,778a 46 54 31,678a 59 41
Spain 258,760b 45 55 20,585b 57 43
Germany 172,239c 48 52 7723c 56 44
France 142,903d na na 27,834c 59 41
USA 1,837,803e na na 106,876e 56f 44
China 84,614e 51 49 4645e 64g 36
India 115,942e na na 6642h 73i 27
Pakistan 93,983j 74 26 11,935j 74 26
  1. The sex-disaggregated data among different countries
  2. na not available from official sources
  3. aISS updated May 26, 2020
  4. bMinisterio de Sanidad, Actualización nº 120. Enfermedad por el coronavirus (COVID-19). updated May 29, 2020
  5. cCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Daily Situation Report of the Robert Koch Institute, updated May 14, 2020
  6. dPublic Health France (SpF) https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/maladies-et traumatismes/maladies-et-infections-respiratoires/infection-a-coronavirus/documents/bulletin-national/covid-19-point-epidemiologique, updated May 18, 2020
  7. eCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Report – 137 WHO, updated June 5, 2020
  8. fProvisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), Centre of Disease Control and Prevention, CDC https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm
  9. gNational Health Commission of the PRC (http://en.nhc.gov.cn/search.html?searchText=covid+deaths)
  10. hIndian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare https://www.mohfw.gov.in/index.php (2020, 04/27)
  11. ihttps://www.firstpost.com/health/73-of-those-who-have-died-of-covid-19-are-men-health ministry-data-8233921.html (2020, 04/06)
  12. jhttp://covid.gov.pk/