Table 5.
Association of comorbidities, age, and mortality rate.
| Comorbidity | Total patients with specific comorbidity (%) | Total deaths in COVID-19 patients with specific CM (%) | Age groups Young (15–24 years) Adult (25–54 years) Middle age (55–64 years) Old age (≥65 years) |
No. of deaths | Frequency (%) | Chi-Square test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No comorbidities | 223 (36.1 %) | 9 (4 %) | Young | 2 | 0.9 | χ2 = 12.097 df = 3 p = 0.007 |
| Adult | 4 | 1.8 | ||||
| Middle age | 2 | 0.9 | ||||
| Old age | 9 | 4 | ||||
| HTN | 260 (42.1 %) | 97 (37.3 %) | Young | 0 | 0 | χ2 = 37.208 df = 3 p <0.001 |
| Adult | 9 | 3.5 | ||||
| Middle age | 22 | 8.5 | ||||
| Old age | 66 | 25.4 | ||||
| DM | 209 (33.8 %) | 73 (34.9 %) | Young | 0 | 0 | χ2 = 62.936 df = 3 p <0.001 |
| Adult | 11 | 5.3 | ||||
| Middle age | 19 | 9.1 | ||||
| Old age | 43 | 20.6 | ||||
| IHD | 102 (16.5 %) | 44 (43.1 %) | Young | 0 | 0 | χ2 = 57.696 df = 3 p <0.001 |
| Adult | 4 | 3.9 | ||||
| Middle age | 3 | 2.9 | ||||
| Old age | 37 | 36.3 | ||||
| Asthma | 69 (11.2 %) | 33 (47.8 %) | Young | 0 | 0 | χ2 = 57.569 df = 3 p <0.001 |
| Adult | 1 | 1.4 | ||||
| Middle age | 10 | 14.5 | ||||
| Old age | 22 | 31.9 | ||||
| CKD | 49 (7.9 %) | 27 (55.1 %) | Young | 0 | 0 | χ2 = 53.399 df = 3 p <0.001 |
| Adult | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Middle age | 3 | 6.1 | ||||
| Old age | 24 | 49 | ||||
| TB | 12 (1.9 %) | 10 (83.3 %) | Young | 0 | 0 | χ2 = 67.774 df = 3 p <0.001 |
| Adult | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Middle age | 3 | 25 | ||||
| Old age | 7 | 58.3 |
Abbreviations: CM=Comorbidities, HTN= Hypertension, DM = Diabetes mellitus, IHD= Ischemic heart disease, CKD= Chronic kidney disease, TB = Tuberculosis.