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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2021 Oct 1;59(10):888–892. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001624

Table 1.

Characteristics of COVID-19 patients by discharge or last hospital status

Patients, No. (%)
All Alive Died
Patient Characteristicsa (N=5999) (n=5354) (n=645) P value
Age, years <.001
 18–39 1157 (19.3) 1145 (21.4) 12 (1.9)
 40–49 761 (12.7) 741 (13.8) 20 (3.1)
 50–59 1047 (17.5) 1000 (18.7) 47 (7.3)
 60–69 1172 (19.5) 1051 (19.6) 121 (18.8)
 70–79 916 (15.3) 736 (13.8) 180 (27.9)
 80–89 654 (10.9) 483 (9.0) 171 (26.5)
 90+ 292 (4.9) 198 (3.7) 94 (14.6)
Sex: male 2858 (47.7) 2486 (46.5) 372 (57.8) <.001
Race and ethnicity <.001
 Non-Hispanic White 2392 (39.9) 2076 (38.8) 316 (49.0)
 Black 1765 (29.4) 1538 (28.7) 227 (35.2)
 Hispanic/Latino 1127 (18.8) 1080 (20.2) 47 (7.3)
 Other 447 (7.5) 410 ( 7.7) 37 (5.7)
 missing 268 (4.5) 250 (4.7) 18 ( 2.8)
ADI national rank: quintile <.001
 1st (1–20): least disadvantaged 629 (10.5) 556 (10.4) 73 (11.3)
 2nd (21–40) 1204 (20.1) 1112 (20.8) 92 (14.3)
 3rd (41–60) 1152 (19.2) 1029 (19.2) 123 (19.1)
 4th (61–80) 996 (16.6) 921 (17.2) 75 (11.6)
 5th (81–100) 1495 (24.9) 1289 (24.1) 206 (31.9)
 missing 523 (8.7) 447 (8.4) 76 (11.8)
Primary Insurance <.001
 Medicare 2433 (40.6) 1916 (35.9) 517 (80.2)
 Medicaid 821 (13.7) 773 (14.5) 48 (7.4)
 Commercial 1500 (25.0) 1435 (26.9) 65 (10.1)
 Other 306 (5.1) 298 (5.6) 8 (1.2)
 Uninsured 930 (15.5) 923 (17.3) 7 (1.1)
Ventilator use: any 872 (14.5) 514 (9.6) 358 (55.5) <.001
BMI <.001
 Underweight (< 18.5) 135 (2.3) 105 (2.0) 30 (4.7)
 Normal (18.5–25) 1126 (18.8) 955 (17.8) 171 (26.5)
 Overweight (25–30) 1537 (25.6) 1362 (25.4) 175 (27.1)
 Class 1 obesity (30–35) 1150 (19.2) 1059 (19.8) 91 (14.1)
 Class 2 obesity (35, 40) 696 (11.6) 631 (11.8) 65 (10.1)
 Class 3 obesity (≥40) 675 (11.3) 619 (11.6) 56 (8.7)
 missing 680 (11.3) 623 (11.6) 57 (8.8)
Comorbidities
 Hypertension 2368 (39.5) 1999 (37.3) 369 (57.2) <.001
 Lung disease 1399 (23.3) 1166 (21.8) 233 (36.1) <.001
 Heart disease 2189 (36.5) 1883 (35.2) 306 (47.4) <.001
 Diabetes 1468 (24.5) 1237 (23.1) 231 (35.8) <.001
 Neurological disease 1418 (23.6) 1241 (23.2) 177 (27.4) 0.016

Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; ADI, area deprivation index; BMI, body mass index.

a

All categorical variables were compared using the χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test.