Table 5.
The effect of demographic factors on hospital admission of COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia, March-August 2020.
| Hospital Admission |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Yes | % | No | % | Total | X2 | df | p-value |
| Male | 25,080 | 14.0 | 153,686 | 86.0 | 178,766 | 500.0 | 2 | 0.001 |
| Female | 9462 | 10.9 | 77,100 | 89.1 | 86,562 | |||
| Total | 34,553 | 13.0 | 230,819 | 87.0 | 265,372 | |||
| Age group | ||||||||
| 0–1 | 448 | 10.2 | 3936 | 89.8 | 4384 | 8315.2 | 6 | 0.001 |
| 2–5 | 347 | 5.9 | 5528 | 94.1 | 5875 | |||
| 6–15 | 794 | 5.6 | 13,439 | 94.4 | 14,233 | |||
| 16–39 | 12,160 | 9.1 | 121,753 | 90.9 | 133,913 | |||
| 40–64 | 16,202 | 17.8 | 75,070 | 82.2 | 91,272 | |||
| 65–99 | 4557 | 29.4 | 10,947 | 70.6 | 15,504 | |||
| ≥100 | 33 | 25.0 | 99 | 75.0 | 132 | |||
| Total | 34,541 | 13.0 | 230,772 | 87.0 | 265,313 | |||
| Nationality | ||||||||
| Saudi | 12,845 | 9.0 | 129,278 | 91.0 | 142,123 | 4337.0 | 2 | 0.001 |
| Arab | 7197 | 16.7 | 35,951 | 83.3 | 43,148 | |||
| Non-Arab | 14,512 | 18.1 | 65,594 | 81.9 | 80,106 | |||
| Total | 34,554 | 13.0 | 230,823 | 87.0 | 265,377 | |||
| Region | ||||||||
| Riyadh | 7408 | 10.6 | 62,687 | 89.4 | 70,095 | 11992.7 | 12 | 0.001 |
| AlBahah | 222 | 37.7 | 367 | 62.3 | 589 | |||
| AlJouf | 276 | 33.7 | 543 | 66.3 | 819 | |||
| AlMadina | 2285 | 24.8 | 6919 | 75.2 | 9204 | |||
| AlQassim | 1514 | 12.9 | 10,199 | 87.1 | 11,713 | |||
| Makkah | 15,888 | 19.2 | 67,004 | 80.8 | 82,892 | |||
| Asir | 857 | 2.6 | 32,026 | 97.4 | 32,883 | |||
| Eastern | 3734 | 7.8 | 44,329 | 92.2 | 48,063 | |||
| Hail | 448 | 19.0 | 1908 | 81.0 | 2356 | |||
| Jazan | 470 | 27.6 | 1233 | 72.4 | 1703 | |||
| Najran | 167 | 14.8 | 964 | 85.2 | 1131 | |||
| Northern Borders | 778 | 56.0 | 612 | 44.0 | 1390 | |||
| Tabouk | 507 | 20.3 | 1987 | 79.7 | 2494 | |||
| Total | 34,554 | 13.0 | 230,778 | 87.0 | 265,332 | |||
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Governmental | 776 | 4.4 | 16,758 | 95.6 | 17,534 | 714.8 | 4 | 0.001 |
| Private sector | 4519 | 10.0 | 40,531 | 90.0 | 45,050 | |||
| freelancers | 1855 | 11.8 | 13,808 | 88.2 | 15,663 | |||
| Healthcare workers | 771 | 7.7 | 9201 | 92.3 | 9972 | |||
| Unemployed | 9655 | 10.1 | 85,543 | 89.9 | 95,198 | |||
| Total | 17,576 | 9.6 | 165,841 | 90.4 | 183,417 | |||
| Non-Saudi nationalities | ||||||||
| Bangladesh | 3564 | 21.6 | 12,965 | 78.4 | 16,529 | 5157.4 | 11 | 0.001 |
| Yemen | 2096 | 17.7 | 9768 | 82.3 | 11,864 | |||
| Pakistan | 2398 | 22.0 | 8518 | 78.0 | 10,916 | |||
| India | 4057 | 15.7 | 21,788 | 84.3 | 25,845 | |||
| Myanmar | 516 | 33.1 | 1045 | 66.9 | 1561 | |||
| Philippines | 1550 | 14.7 | 9009 | 85.3 | 10,559 | |||
| Egypt | 2601 | 15.9 | 13,733 | 84.1 | 16,334 | |||
| Sudan | 930 | 15.3 | 5154 | 84.7 | 6084 | |||
| Afghanistan | 416 | 32.9 | 848 | 67.1 | 1264 | |||
| Syria | 746 | 20.8 | 2846 | 79.2 | 3592 | |||
| Nigeria | 74 | 23.3 | 243 | 76.7 | 317 | |||
| Others | 15,606 | 9.7 | 144,906 | 90.3 | 160,512 | |||
| Total | 34,554 | 13.0 | 230,823 | 87.0 | 265,377 | |||