Difference between revisions of "CasesByAge"

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'''17 October 2021. Warning: recent trend may be misleading owing to influx of retests as a result of the [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58928792 Immensa lab failure]'''
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The idea of this graph is to attempt to make use of the most recent information from [https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/download public data] about the number of confirmed cases in various age bands, so that trends over the last few days can hopefully be discerned. The numbers in each age band are adjusted/corrected for their incompleteness, then corrected for day-of-week biases, in both cases, as far as possible, in a non-laggy way. The age groups (which are in 5 year bands in the data source) are chosen here to focus on children and young adults. In addition, the 25-64 group roughly reflects working ages, and 65+ corresponds roughly to the retired, and particularly vulnerable to Covid-19.
  
The idea of this graph is to attempt to make use of the most recent information from [https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/download public data] about the number of confirmed cases in various age bands, so that trends over the last few days can hopefully be discerned. The numbers in each age band are adjusted/corrected for their incompleteness, then corrected for day-of-week biases, in both cases, as far as possible, in a non-laggy way. The age groups (which are in 5 year bands in the data source) are chosen here to focus on children and young adults. In addition, the 25-64 group roughly reflects working ages, and 65+ corresponds roughly to the retired, and particularly vulnerable to Covid-19.
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Note that, as a consequence of the last few days' information being incomplete, the case number estimate for these days can sometimes be retrospectively updated over the next day or two.
  
 
Program: https://github.com/alex1770/Covid-19/blob/master/casesbyage.py
 
Program: https://github.com/alex1770/Covid-19/blob/master/casesbyage.py

Revision as of 10:32, 24 October 2021

(This graph should auto-update daily at around 5pm UK time. You may need to hit shift-reload or some such to defeat your browser's cache.)

The idea of this graph is to attempt to make use of the most recent information from public data about the number of confirmed cases in various age bands, so that trends over the last few days can hopefully be discerned. The numbers in each age band are adjusted/corrected for their incompleteness, then corrected for day-of-week biases, in both cases, as far as possible, in a non-laggy way. The age groups (which are in 5 year bands in the data source) are chosen here to focus on children and young adults. In addition, the 25-64 group roughly reflects working ages, and 65+ corresponds roughly to the retired, and particularly vulnerable to Covid-19.

Note that, as a consequence of the last few days' information being incomplete, the case number estimate for these days can sometimes be retrospectively updated over the next day or two.

Program: https://github.com/alex1770/Covid-19/blob/master/casesbyage.py