Table 3.

Gender distribution of COVID-19 cases and deaths by COVID-19 variants outbreaks in Malaysia.

		Wuhan			Beta			Delta			Omicron			Overall (Ep Wk 4/2020 to Ep Wk 18/2022)
		Male	Female	Ratio	Male	Female	Ratio	Male	Female	Ratio	Male	Female	Ratio	Male	Female	Ratio
Cases	N	6,183	2,310	2.68	224,086	109,402	2.05	1,352,873	1,114,931	1.21	795,645	850,402	0.94	2,379,375	2,077,361	1.15
	%	72.80	27.20		67.19	32.81		54.82	45.18		48.34	51.66		53.39	46.61
	IR	0.37	0.15		13.37	6.91		80.67	70.19		47.44	53.54		141.87	130.78
Death	N	88	33	2.67	732	400	1.83	17,441	13,108	1.33	2,168	1,602	1.35	20,434	15,145	1.35
	%	72.73	27.27		64.66	35.34		57.09	42.91		57.51	42.49		57.43	42.57
	DR	0.01	0.002		0.04	0.03		1.04	0.83		0.13	0.10		1.22	0.95
	CFR	1.42	1.18		0.33	0.37		1.29	1.18		0.27	0.19		0.86	0.73