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- Title
Age and Gender Differentials in Susceptibility, Severity and Outcome of Covid-19 Cases In Northern India.
- Authors
Ishrat, Aishiya; Devraj; Choudhary, Saba
- Abstract
Background Sex and age is increasingly associated with epidemiology and outcome of many diseases. This also appears to hold true for COVID-19 infection. Early reports on COVID-19 case fatalities in India suggest that males are at higher risk than females. It is uncertain whether males experience a greater risk of mortality throughout the age band or there are sex differentials in survival risk. In order to present disaggregated interpretation of age-sex specific COVID-19 infection and mortality risk in India we adopt a gender and age lens. Aim The present study was conducted to determine biological attributes of variation in age and gender on Covid-19 status (deceased/recovered). Method In this retrospective study, the data was collected from the hospital in Kargil. A total of 3132 COVID-19 positive patient's record was included. The records were evaluated to scrutinize age and gender relationship with COVID-19 status (recovered/deceased) of the study subjects. Results The male COVID-19 cases (75.79%) were more than females (24.20%) and mean age of diseased and recuperated patients was 32.52 and 32.3589 respectively. The overall case fatality rate (CFR) among males and females is 0.59 (95% C.I. = 0.35-0.99) and 0.26 (95% C.I. = 0.07-0.96) respectively. Conclusions Early evidence shows that both genders have the same prevalence; men with COVID-19 are at higher risk for worse outcomes and deaths. The odds for recovery among females were suggestively higher than males. With increasing age the odds of recovery decline.
- Subjects
INDIA; COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19; GENDER; RELATIONSHIP status; BIOLOGICAL variation
- Publication
JK Practitioner, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 4, p80
- ISSN
0971-8834
- Publication type
Article