Table I.
Characteristics of patients who died from COVID-19: China 2020 (χ2 and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test)
| Paramter | Deaths | Percentages | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender: | < 0.05 | ||
| Male | 653 | 63.8 | |
| Female | 370 | 36.2 | |
| Age: | < 0.05 | ||
| ≥ 80 | 208 | 20.3 | |
| 70–79 | 312 | 30.5 | |
| 60–69 | 309 | 30.2 | |
| 50–59 | 130 | 12.7 | |
| 40–49 | 38 | 3.7 | |
| 30–39 | 18 | 1.8 | |
| 20–29 | 7 | 0.7 | |
| 10–19 | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Occupation: | < 0.05 | ||
| Service industry | 23 | 2.2 | |
| Farmer/laborer | 139 | 13.6 | |
| Health worker | 5 | 0.5 | |
| Retiree | 472 | 46.1 | |
| Other/none | 384 | 37.5 | |
| Province: | < 0.05 | ||
| Hubei | 979 | 95.7 | |
| Other | 44 | 4.3 | |
| Wuhan-related exposure: | < 0.05 | ||
| Yes | 853 | 92.8 | |
| No | 66 | 7.2 | |
| Comorbid condition: | < 0.05 | ||
| Hypertension | 161 | 1.2 | |
| Diabetes | 80 | 6.3 | |
| Cardiovascular disease | 92 | 15.9 | |
| Chronic respiratory disease | 32 | 18.3 | |
| Cancer (any) | 6 | 26.4 | |
| None | 133 | 31.9 | |
| Period (by date of onset): | < 0.05 | ||
| Before Dec 31, 2019 | 15 | 1.5 | |
| Jan 1–10, 2020 | 102 | 10 | |
| Jan 11–20, 2020 | 310 | 30.3 | |
| Jan 21–31, 2020 | 494 | 48.3 | |
| After Feb 1, 2020 | 102 | 10 | |