People older than 65 represent 18% of the population but 93% of those who have died from COVID-19 - it is especially older people who are dying "with" COVID-19
The office for National Statistics has provided a breakdown by age of who died "with" COVID-19 in week ending 2020-03-20, together with a breakdown of the population in England and Wales. It shows for example:
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people aged 85 or older represent 2% of the population but 44% of those who have died from COVID-19.
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people older than 70 are 8% of the population but 74% of those who have died from COVID-19.
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people older than 65 are 18% of the population but 93% of those who have died from COVID-19.
Source for the data:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc785/byage/datadownload.xlsx