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Characterizing the outbreak in terms of person, place and time

 

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he graph below illustrates the distribution of cases by age group and sex for COVID 19 outbreak in Australia, and shows the number of COVID-19 cases for males and females by age group since the first confirmed cases were reported in late January 2020.The horizontal axis shows the age breakdown in 10-year intervals from zero years old to greater than 90 years old. The vertical axis shows the number of COVID-19 cases.

Source:Australian Government Department of Health. https://www.health.gov.au/resources/covid-19-cases-by-age-group-and-sex


Based on the graph, how would you describe the cases in terms of age and gender?