Can Obesity Prevalence Explain COVID-19 Indicators (Cases, Mortality, and Recovery)? A Comparative Study in OECD Countries

Table 2

Descriptive statistics stratified by 23 OECD countries.

Countries	Population	INFECTED	SEVERE	RECOVERED	COVID-19	MORTALITY	OVERWEIGHT
	Population of the country	COVID-19 cases per 10,00,000 persons	Relative prevalence of severe COVID-19 cases (1 percent = 1%)	Relative prevalence of recovery (1 percent = 1%)	COVID-19 as the cause of death from the total number of dead persons (1 percent = 1%).	Relative frequency of death from COVID-19 (1 percent = 1%).	Relative frequency (1 percent = 1%) of overweight in the country (BMI ≥ 25).
AUS	25,203,198	267	0.62	84	0.5	1.25	54.05
BEL	11,539,328	4,102	1.85	23	43	15.49	51.00
CAN	37,411,047	1,296	1.15	38	3.5	5.58	59.51
CHL	18,952,038	729	3.08	53	0.9	1.43	67.00
CZE	10,689,209	697	0.98	38	1.5	2.99	52.00
DEU	83,517,045	1,901	1.52	74	4	3.86	59.85
EST	1,325,648	1,252	0.54	14	2.2	3.01	51.30
FIN	5,532,156	857	1.18	53	1.3	4.07	61.56
FRA	65,129,728	2,546	2.78	27	30	14.05	49.00
GBR	675,301,372	233	0.99	—	23	13.42	57.73
HUN	9,684,679	274	1.85	19	1	10.99	56.53
IRL	4,882,495	4,024	0.74	47	15	5.61	61.33
ISR	8,519,377	1,830	0.75	47	3.1	1.33	56.55
JPN	126,860,301	107	2.20	14	0.1	2.83	22.76
KOR	51,225,308	210	0.51	82	0.9	2.27	30.89
LUX	615,729	6,056	0.54	84	23	2.36	54.10
LVA	1,906,743	438	0.48	32	2.2	1.56	54.60
MEX	127,575,529	122	2.43	59	0.5	9.23	67.94
NZL	4,783,063	308	0.07	82	—	1.29	62.20
PRT	1,906,743	12,756	0.71	6	5.8	3.90	67.60
SVK	5,457,013	254	0.43	31	—	1.45	51.07
TUR	83,429,615	1,346	1.55	30	3.7	2.58	59.90
USA	329,064,917	3,071	1.40	14	10	5.62	64.82

Note: The table reports the sample mean for 23 OECD countries. Information on the frequency of overweight in different countries is available at: https://data.oecd.org/pinboard-editor/ (Last accessed on June 30, 2021). Information regarding the COVID-19 is updated till April 28, 2020. The population data are updated till July 2019.