An analysis of more than 17 million people in England — the largest study of its kind, according to its authors — has pinpointed a bevy of factors that can raise a person’s chances of dying from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
The researchers mined a trove of de-identified data that included health records from about 40 percent of England’s population, collected by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. Of 17,278,392 adults tracked over three months, 10,926 reportedly died of COVID-19 or COVID-19-related complications.
Additionally, men stricken with the virus had a higher likelihood of dying than women of the same age. Medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, severe asthma and compromised immunity were also linked to poor outcomes, in keeping with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States. And the researchers noted that a person’s chances of dying also tended to track with socioeconomic factors like poverty.
That trend persisted even after Goldacre and his colleagues made statistical adjustments to account for factors like age, sex and medical conditions, suggesting that other factors are playing a major role. The researchers removed such variables to focus solely on the effects of race and ethnicity. But because Black individuals are also more likely to experience stress and be denied access to medical care in many parts of the world, the disparity in rates of heart disease may itself be influenced by racism, said Usama Bilal, an epidemiologist at Drexel University who was not involved in the new analysis.
In the United States, Latino and African American residents are three times as likely to become infected by the coronavirus as white residents, and nearly twice as likely to die.
Um we knew this...?
I imagine the relative likelihood of someone over eighty dying versus someone in the 50s dying even without the virus must be significantly greater. RonColeman bethanyshondark
Im sorry every lay person who can count has known for months that the death rate over 80 is like 99% and kids under 12 .001% but good job
Who didn't know this? The answer isn't destroying the economy, the answer is quarantining the elderly and those with at risk conditions.
Yep, keep wearing your stupid slave masks!
Doesn’t help when Cuomo sends COVID patients into nursing homes.
What’s news is that people of younger ages may be saddled with Covid impairments for decades to come. This is no time to envy the young.
Can't read the article but 17 million what? Are there actually 17 million cases in the world to study.
Why the author tries to steer the focus from age to race is more than a bit baffling.
Save my (and your) Grandma!
This was news April 23rd.
That's why I believe that, if I contract it, I'll die. Fortunately, I'm a San Franciscan in San Francisco where my mayor, 'though having tested positive, is doing a great job. So is California's governor, one of our former mayors.
But schools shouldnt open, along with the rest of the economy? 80 yr olds are not part of the workforce or going for a diploma. HOAX
You’re just trolling now. Of course they are 🙄
We knew this...my jaw isn't dropping.
نزدیک من نیان این حرومزاده ها...بهش بگین بره کونشو سزارین کنه...بگین بره ریش و سبیلشو بزنه و به جاش سرخاب و ماتیک بزنه...برو سزارین کن حرومزاده اشغال...نزدیک من نیای بیوجود و نجس...
This isn’t new(s)
Old news that is apparently new news to fake news.
*Flu
And 95% of the people on the Intensive Care are obese / overweight.. Why is this not being published in the US?
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