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. 2021 Jan 8;31(1):37–44. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa249

Table 2.

Case fatality, hospitalization rate, rate of admission to intensive care units and in-hospital case fatality in non-Italian nationals compared to Italian nationals

Case fatality Cases Deaths (%) Crude RR (95% CI) Adj. RR a (95% CI)
Nationality (1)
 Italian 194 956 27 836 14.3 ref. ref.
 Non-Italian 15 504 390 2.5 0.18 (0.16–0.19) 1.01 (0.91–1.14)
Nationality (2)
 Italian 194 956 27 836 14.3 ref. ref.
 Low-HDI countries 3255 53 1.6 0.11 (0.09–0.15) 1.32 (1.01–1.75)
 Medium-HDI countries 8246 237 2.9 0.20 (0.18–0.23) 1.03 (0.89–1.18)
 High-HDI countries 4003 100 2.5 0.17 (0.14–021) 0.85 (0.69–1.04)

Hospitalization rate Cases Hospitalized (%) Crude RR (95% CI) Adj. RRa (95% CI)

Nationality (1)
 Italian 195 225 75 432 38.6 ref. ref.
 Non-Italian 15 507 4884 31.5 0.82 (0.79–0.84) 1.39 (1.33–1.44)
Nationality (2)
 Italian 195 225 75 432 38.6 ref. ref.
 Low-HDI countries 3255 925 28.4 0.74 (0.69–0.78) 1.59 (1.48–1.71)
 Medium-HDI countries 8249 2970 36.0 0.93 (0.90–0.97) 1.46 (1.39–1.53)
 High-HDI countries 4003 989 24.7 0.64 (0.60–0.68) 1.15 (1.07–1.23)

Rate of admission to ICU in hospitalized cases Hospitalized cases Admitted to ICU (%) Crude RR (95% CI) Adj. RRa (95% CI)

Nationality (1)
 Italian 75 432 9066 12.0 ref. ref.
 Non-Italian 4884 549 11.2 0.94 (0.86–1.02) 1.19 (1.07–1.32)
Nationality (2)
 Italian 75 432 9066 12.0 ref. ref.
 Low-HDI countries 925 92 9.9 0.83 (0.67–1.02) 1.16 (0.93–1.44)
 Medium-HDI countries 2970 354 11.9 0.99 (0.89–1.10) 1.25 (1.11–1.42)
 High-HDI countries 989 103 10.4 0.87 (0.71–1.05) 1.07 (0.88–1.32)

Case fatality in hospitalized cases Hospitalized cases Deaths (%) Crude RR (95% CI) Adj. RRa (95% CI)

Nationality (1)
 Italian 75 252 20 823 27.7 ref. ref.
 Non-Italian 4883 327 6.7 0.24 (0.22–0.27) 0.93 (0.83–1.04)

Nationality (2)
 Italian 75 252 20 823 27.7 ref. ref.
 Low-HDI countries 925 37 4.0 0.14 (0.10–0.20) 0.93 (0.67–1.29)
 Medium-HDI countries 2969 206 6.9 0.25 (0.22–0.29) 0.93 (0.80–1.07)
 High-HDI countries 989 84 8.5 0.31 (0.25–0.38) 0.94 (0.76–1.17)

RR, rate ratio; CI, confidence interval; ICU, intensive care unit; ref., reference category.

a

Adjusted for sex, age group, geographical macro-area of diagnosis, level of urbanization of the place of residence, pre-existing comorbidities and calendar period of diagnosis and accounting for the random effect due regional contextual differences.