Hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases in Peru 2020, by gender & age
In 2020, more than 5,000 boys and 4,000 girls under the age of 15 had to be admitted to hospitals across Peru due to diseases of the respiratory system. The age group with the second highest number of cases were individuals over the age of 50, with 13,371 women and 17,445 men hospitalized. That year, diseases of the respiratory system were some of the