The median age of COVID ICU admission is actually significantly lower than the median age of COVID death. Because the hospitals are far more likely to give a ICU bed and a ventilator to a 60-something than a 80-something. As the 80-something is generally less likely to survive in the ICU. In Toronto the median ICU admission age is like 61. In Peel it's 63. The median age of COVID death in Peel is 84. https://www.peelregion.ca/health-professionals/covid-19/pdf/epi-update-2021-04-16.pdf
The vast majority of these 61 year olds in the COVID ICU are obese Type II diabetics. The case hospitalization rate for 60-69 year olds in Peel is rather low in general at 5.53% (and the vast majority of that is acute care) while their case fatality rate is a mere 0.71%.
The median age of COVID ICU admission is actually significantly lower than the median age of COVID death. Because the hospitals are far more likely to give a ICU bed and a ventilator to a 60-something than a 80-something. As the 80-something is generally less likely to survive in the ICU. In Toronto the median ICU admission age is like 61. In Peel it's 63. The median age of COVID death in Peel is 84. https://www.peelregion.ca/health-professionals/covid-19/pdf/epi-update-2021-04-16.pdf
The vast majority of these 61 year olds in the COVID ICU are obese Type II diabetics. The case hospitalization rate for 60-69 year olds in Peel is rather low in general at 5.53% (and the vast majority of that is acute care) while their case fatality rate is a mere 0.71%.