Thread by @ONS

Using #COVID19 death registrations and 2011 Census records, we’ve been able to show that some ethnic groups have a higher risk of #COVID19 related death compared with those of White ethnicity ow.ly/GSNg50zzmDA

In our provisional analysis we’ve reported the risk of dying from #COVID19 across ethnic groups, adjusting for factors that could also affect this risk:

▪️ Age
▪️ Other characteristics (such as socio-economic, geographical, and health)
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After adjusting for age, the #COVID19 mortality rate for Black males is 4.2 times higher than for White males ow.ly/5v9330qDVi8

Similarly, the rate of death by #COVID19 for Black females is 4.3 times higher than for White females ow.ly/5J8p30qDViL

Both males and females of Bangladeshi and Pakistani, Indian, and Mixed ethnicities also had statistically significant raised risk of death by #COVID19 compared with those of White ethnicity ow.ly/u4Vm30qDVjo

After adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics – including deprivation – and self-reported health and disability at the 2011 Census, males of Black ethnicity still have a #COVID19 mortality risk that is 1.9 times higher than those of White ethnicity ow.ly/4BKb30qDVkp

Using the same characteristics, males in the Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic group have a #COVID19 mortality risk that is 1.8 times higher than those of White ethnicity.

For females of this ethnicity, the mortality risk is 1.6 times higher in comparison ow.ly/Qy8230qDVlo

Meanwhile, the #COVID19 mortality risk for females of Black ethnicity is also 1.9 times higher than for those of White ethnicity ow.ly/b8F730qDVmh

Our analysis shows that part of the difference between ethnic groups in #COVID19 mortality is due to socio-economic disadvantage and other circumstances, but a remaining part of the difference has not yet been explained ow.ly/SBPP30qDVmL