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Chalfie

It would pick an appropriate population right?
You might say:
The rate in London is 5 per 1,000,000 people
Which would mean 40 people (ISH)
In Wuhan it's 6 per 1,000,000

At some point you're going to start using a rate of something. And it is normally per 100,000 people.

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Greenbank in reply to @Chalfie

At some point you're going to start using a rate of something. And it is normally per 100,000 people.

Yes, once it has reached an appropriate limit (such as a considerable percentage of population), up until then it makes more sense to discuss it in absolute terms.

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Chalfie in reply to @Greenbank

I'd probably start expressing it in terms of Wuhan pop per 100k and I would want to start comparing age profiles and the rates of death per age bracket.

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