The coronavirus kills more men than women. It remains to understand where this excess mortality comes from.
The Covid seems to be more lenient with the fairer sex. The virus kills more men than women. It is in fact a question of general mortality: in France, at any age, a man has a higher risk of dying within a year than a woman of the same age, recalls West France. It remains to be understood how the excess male mortality for Covid-19 deaths differs from that usually observed for all deaths and why.
Which men are most affected by this excess mortality linked to Covid?
the JDD reveals that the men of 55 to 64 years old are more likely to die from the coronavirus. A situation which is explained by their behaviours : less respect for barrier gestures, greater social interaction, less teleworking… Not to mention the comorbidités, such as hypertension or diabetes, which are more common in men in their fifties. The latter indeed lead to greater lethality.
25-34 year olds more prone to this excess mortality during the first wave
During the 1st half of 2020, a “peak” of excess mortality was notable among young people aged 25 to 34, according to The Conversation. A bump that could be justified by riskier behaviors in young mendetails The Sunday Journalbut also by the high mortality from Covid-19 among young foreign adults.
The first wave was particularly deadly among foreign-born people, especially those born in Africa or Asia. The latter exercise jobs that do not allow teleworking and expose a lot to infection. And among foreigners born in Africa or Asia, mortality was higher among men than among women, specifies West France.
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