Table 2 Absolute number of individuals and percentage of the population with a high risk for a severe course of COVID-19 (high risk groups) by region of Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (ASHIP region) stratified by three age groups (15 to 59 years, 60 to 79 years and ≥ 80 years) based on nationwide outpatient claims data and population statistics of German inhabitants from 2019
ASHIP region or federal state | 15–59 years | 60–79 years | ≥80 years | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population at risk [n] | Risk prevalence [%] | Population at risk [n] | Risk prevalence [%] | Population at risk [n] | Risk prevalence [%] | Population at risk [n] | Risk prevalence [%] | |
Baden-Württemberg | 400,085 | 6.1 | 1,028,252 | 44.8 | 688,972 | 100.0 | 2,117,309 | 22.2 |
Bavaria | 545,887 | 7.0 | 1,357,978 | 49.2 | 792,240 | 100.0 | 2,696,105 | 23.8 |
Berlin | 158,785 | 7.1 | 379,998 | 53.8 | 203,150 | 100.0 | 741,933 | 23.6 |
Brandenburg | 147,432 | 10.9 | 367,572 | 57.0 | 187,053 | 100.0 | 702,057 | 32.1 |
Bremen | 30,633 | 7.6 | 71,578 | 50.3 | 43,847 | 100.0 | 146,058 | 24.8 |
Hamburg | 71,472 | 6.2 | 159,410 | 48.3 | 104,060 | 100.0 | 334,942 | 21.2 |
Hesse | 281,862 | 7.6 | 661,319 | 49.8 | 387,621 | 100.0 | 1,330,802 | 24.6 |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 102,675 | 11.9 | 238,029 | 56.4 | 119,703 | 100.0 | 460,407 | 32.8 |
Lower Saxony | 400,142 | 8.7 | 906,898 | 50.9 | 529,905 | 100.0 | 1,836,945 | 26.6 |
North Rhine* | 454,149 | 8.0 | 1,040,672 | 50.5 | 622,280 | 100.0 | 2,117,101 | 25.4 |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 199,309 | 8.5 | 470,792 | 50.8 | 269,801 | 100.0 | 939,902 | 26.5 |
Saarland | 48,684 | 8.9 | 126,503 | 51.8 | 72,445 | 100.0 | 247,632 | 28.6 |
Saxony | 194,707 | 9.0 | 564,017 | 54.6 | 335,427 | 100.0 | 1,094,151 | 31.0 |
Saxony-Anhalt | 143,263 | 12.4 | 349,298 | 58.7 | 173,394 | 100.0 | 665,955 | 34.6 |
Schleswig-Holstein | 134,430 | 8.2 | 323,685 | 48.4 | 197,663 | 100.0 | 655,778 | 26.1 |
Thuringia | 123,102 | 10.9 | 322,547 | 56.6 | 160,543 | 100.0 | 606,192 | 32.6 |
Westphalia-Lippe* | 386,046 | 8,1 | 873,593 | 48.8 | 544,704 | 100.0 | 1,804,343 | 25.4 |
Germany | 3,822,663 | 8.0 | 9,242,141 | 50.5 | 5,432,808 | 100.0 | 18,497,612 | 25.8 |
North Rhine-Westphalia* | 840,195 | 8.1 | 1,914,265 | 49.7 | 1,166,984 | 100.0 | 3,921,444 | 25.4 |