Department of Sociology, FCSH-NOVA University of Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Short Communication
COVID-19: Does Ageing Matter?
Author(s): Maria Joao Valente Rosa*
A progressively ageing population was the landscape that the Covid-19 epidemic encountered when it struck the
world in 2020. Given the relationship between Covid-19 and age, it would be logical to deduce that demographic
ageing is a sufficient predictor of the impact of this virus on populations.
Focusing on European Countries-territory with an exceptionally high population ageing level and where the fatal
incidence of the virus has been particularly significant-we conclude that demographic ageing is not a predictor of the
impact of this virus on populations. The correlation coefficients, for 2020, between the percentages of people aged 65
or more and the Covid-19 mortality rates per 1 million inhabitants or between the “variation life expectancy at age
65, 2020-2019” and the “percentage of people aged 65 or more” were very weak. Individual ag.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2327-5146.21.9.348
