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Table 1 Estimated population size, number of COVID-19 cases, number of cases who were hospitalized, and number of cases who died between December 1, 2020 and May 13, 2021, by age-group

From: Estimating vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection, hospitalization and death from ecologic data in Costa Rica

Age-class

Population (in thousands)

Cases (and percent of the population)

Hospitalizations (and percent of the cases)

Deaths (and percent of the cases)

20–24

416

13,747 (3.3%)

177 (1.3%)

9 (0.1%)

25–29

437

16,928 (3.9%)

271 (1.6%)

11 (0.1%)

30–34

452

17,928 (4.0%)

400 (2.2%)

25 (0.1%)

35–39

427

16,164 (3.8%)

495 (3.1%)

36 (0.2%)

40–44

356

13,679 (3.8%)

545 (4.0%)

64 (0.5%)

45–49

284

11,022 (3.9%)

612 (5.6%)

87 (0.8%)

50–54

274

10,255 (3.7%)

785 (7.7%)

113 (1.1%)

55–59

267

9,191 (3.4%)

1010 (11.0%)

206 (2.2%)

60–64

227

6,264 (2.8%)

909 (14.5%)

241 (3.8%)

65–69

174

4,058 (2.3%)

765 (18.9%)

277 (6.8%)

70–74

118

2,375 (2.0%)

564 (23.7%)

210 (8.8%)

75–79

82

1,509 (1.8%)

440 (29.2%)

209 (13.9%)

80–84

55

968 (1.8%)

343 (35.4%)

184 (19.0%)

85 + 

52

943 (1.8%)

400 (42.4%)

257 (27.3%)

Total

3621

125,031 (3.5%)

7716 (6.2%)

1929 (1.5%)