In How to Lie with Statistics (Huff, 1954), Darrel Huff debunks statistical examples and explains

how can easily deceived a person using statistics. One may produce biased results when the data were
misused, misinterpreted or manipulated. To prevent biased results, a true random sampling is
important but it is difficult to achieve because you have to obtain a complete data of everyone in the
population you want to sample from.

According to the article entitled The New Coronavirus Appears to Take A Greater Toll on Men
Than on Women, “One large study of 44,672 confirmed COVID-19 cases done by the Chinese Center for
Disease Control and Prevention, for example, found that the fatality rate was 2.8% for men compared with
only 1.7% for women.” and “In Italy, one study of 1,591 cases of critically ill people who were admitted
into intensive care units showed that about 82% of them were men.” We can clearly state that
Coronavirus virus is more fatal in men than women, however, as what Huff says you shouldn’t jump to
that conclusions just because two things happen simultaneously it means that’s the case, still there are
many factors to consider

In the Philippines, there are 64 confirmed cases as of March 14, 2020. 41 out of 64 are male
(64%) and 23 are female (36%), including 6 deaths. With the small number of deaths, we cannot easily
state that the Coronavirus virus is really more fatal in men than women. A non-random sample size may
only lead to a sample bias based on one of what Huff is pointing out. For instance, to achieve unbiased
results, one must do a true random sampling. If we tested the whole population of the Philippines, we
have approximately 107 million Filipinos and only 137,089 of that have been tested or only 0.1% of the
whole population, as of May 07. 2020. Because of that, we cannot guarantee that our country is safe from
Coronavirus.
Gender Distribution of the Fatality Rate Among Men
and Women Based on the Study in China

Women
38%

Men
62%

Gender Distribution of the Fatality Rate Among Men

and Women Based on the Study in Italy

Women
29%

Men
71%
Gender Distribution of the Confirmed Cases in the
Philippines

Women
36%

Men
64%

N = 64

No. of Male Patients = 41

41/64 = 64%

No. of Female Patients = 23

23/64 = 36%