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Table 2 Age distribution and risk categories

From: The influenza pandemic preparedness planning tool InfluSim

 

children

working adults

elderly

 

0–5

6–12

13–19

20–39

40–59

60 +

Population size N a

5,272

6,773

7,952

25,959

29,127

24,917

  1. A population of N = 100,000 inhabitants of Germany is subdivided according to age a and risk category r. We assume that all age groups are fully susceptible at begin of the outbreak. A fraction of F a = 6% of all children (age < 20 years) are regarded as being under high risk (r = r 1) after an influenza infection whereby the remaining 94% are under low risk (r = r 2). The high risk fractions of working adults (ages 20–59) and elderly (ages 60+) are F a = 14% and F a = 47%, respectively. Source: [9]