Fig. 1: Population characteristics of the United States and their relationships with disease burden.
From: Disease and healthcare burden of COVID-19 in the United States
a, Population of each county. b, Fraction of individuals within each county >60 years of age. c, Fraction of the population of each county classified as living in a rural area according to the 2010 US Census23. d–k, The relationship between population characteristics (x axes) and metrics of disease burden (y axes) for the optimistic transmission scenario (blue) and pessimistic scenario (red). d, Total population vs. projected cumulative hospitalizations. e, Fraction of population over 60 vs. projected cumulative hospitalizations per capita. f, Fraction of population residing in rural area vs. projected cumulative hospitalizations per capita. g, Fraction of population residing in rural area vs. projected cumulative hospitalizations per hospital bed. h, Total population vs. projected cumulative ICU admissions. i, Fraction of population over 60 vs. projected cumulative ICU admissions per capita. j, Fraction of population residing in rural area vs. projected ICU admissions per capita. h, Fraction of population residing in rural area vs. projected ICU admissions per ICU bed.
