Thread by @ONS

Using more detailed ethnic group categories and measures of pre-existing health conditions from hospital data we’ve built on previous analyses of ethnic disparities in deaths involving #COVID19 ow.ly/bWAJ50BU8EQ

Considering deaths up to 28 July 2020, men and women of Black and South Asian ethnic background were shown to have increased risks of death involving #COVID19 compared with those of White ethnic background, this is similar to previous findings ow.ly/O9BY50BU8IQ

In England and Wales, men of Black African ethnic background had the highest rate of death involving #COVID19, more than 2.7 times higher than males of White ethnic background ow.ly/xcdX50BU8Ln

For women, those from a Black Caribbean ethnic background had the highest rate of #COVID19 death; almost 2.0 times higher than females of White ethnic background ow.ly/Essj50BU8Z9

Hospital data for England show people of South Asian ethnic background had a higher prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, which are associated with increased #COVID19 mortality.

Those of Chinese background had the lowest prevalence ow.ly/7aqa50BU99l

Accounting for age, geography, socio-economic and health (including pre-existing conditions), the rate of #COVID19 death was:

▪️ 2.5 times higher for Black African men than White men

▪️ 2.1 times higher for Black African women than White women

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Looking separately at the care home population, females of Black and Asian background also had a raised rate of death involving #COVID19 compared to people of White ethnic background after considering geography and health measures ow.ly/mOQI50BU9mg

These findings show that ethnic differences in mortality involving #COVID19 are most strongly associated with demographic and socio-economic factors, and not explained by differences in pre-existing health conditions ow.ly/E0Bo50BU9tM