COVID-19 in-patient hospital mortality by ethnicity

Gillian Santorelli; Trevor Sheldon; Jane West; Chris Cartwright; John Wright

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15913.1

COVID-19 in-patient hospital mortality by ethnicity

Wellcome Open Res. 2020 May 4:5:86. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15913.1. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Gillian Santorelli¹, Trevor Sheldon², Jane West¹, Chris Cartwright¹, John Wright¹

Affiliations

¹ Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, UK.
² Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK, York, YO10 5DD, UK.

Abstract

There is debate about the extent to which COVID-19 affects ethnic groups differently. We explored if there was variation in hospital mortality in patients with COVID. Mortality rates in 1,276 inpatients in Bradford with test results for COVID-19 were analysed by ethnic group. The age-adjusted risk of dying from COVID-19 was slightly lower in South Asian compared to White British patients. (RR =0.87, 95% CI: 0.41 to 1.84).

Keywords: Covid19; ethnicity; gender; mortality.

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