Table 1.
Characteristics of COVID-19 cases in CPRD Aurum, 1 August 2020–31 January 2022
| Primary care COVID-19 cases (n=2 257 907) | Hospitalised COVID-19 cases (n=13 165) | |
| Age at COVID-19 diagnosis, years | ||
| 1–4 | 40 658 (2%) | 15 (<1%) |
| 5–11 | 260 186 (11%) | 21 (<1%) |
| 12–17 | 263 800 (11%) | 24 (<1%) |
| 18–49 | 1 161 843 (52%) | 3127 (24%) |
| 50–64 | 379 528 (17%) | 4844 (37%) |
| 65–74 | 92 573 (4%) | 2386 (18%) |
| 75–84 | 40 481 (2%) | 1690 (13%) |
| 85+ | 18 838 (1%) | 1058 (8%) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 1 046 275 (46%) | 7537 (57%) |
| Female | 1 211 592 (54%) | 5628 (43%) |
| Unknown | 40 (<1%) | 0 |
| General practitioner practice region | ||
| North East | 83 834 (4%) | 467 (4%) |
| North West | 471 195 (21%) | 2886 (22%) |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 71 429 (3%) | 340 (3%) |
| East Midlands | 49 651 (2%) | 214 (2%) |
| West Midlands | 377 125 (17%) | 2065 (16%) |
| East of England | 95 139 (4%) | 414 (3%) |
| London | 424 908 (19%) | 2984 (23%) |
| South East | 448 536 (20%) | 2682 (20%) |
| South West | 235 785 (10%) | 1113 (8%) |
| Unknown | 305 (<1%) | 0 |
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