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. 2022 Jan 12;376:e067519. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-067519

Table 2.

Sixty day case fatalities in each 12 month period (March to February) for conditions with case fatality counts exceeding five each year

Condition 60 day case fatalities March 2017 to February2018 March 2018 to February 2019 March 2019 to February 2020 March 2020 to February 2021 Model 1* Model 2*
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) P value Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI) P value
Sepsis No of deaths/cases 148/11 722 163/12 028 158/11 402 110/7798 1.03 (0.84 to 1.27) 0.77 1.00 (0.81 to 1.24) 0.98
Rate per 10 000 cases (95% CI) 126 (107 to 148) 136 (116 to 158) 139 (118 to 162) 141 (116 to 170)
Meningitis No of deaths/cases 29/3976 38/3899 31/3875 21/1964 1.28 (0.79 to 2.05) 0.31 1.07 (0.66 to 1.73) 0.78
Rate per 10 000 cases (95% CI) 73 (49 to 105) 97 (69 to 134) 80 (54 to 113) 107 (66 to 163)
Bronchiolitis No of deaths/cases 69/46 614 55/53 703 65/54 648 16/9423 1.35 (0.81 to 2.26) 0.25 1.18 (0.71 to 1.98) 0.52
Rate per 10 000 cases (95% CI) 15 (12 to 19) 10 (8 to 13) 12 (9 to 15) 17 (10 to 28)
Pneumonia No of deaths/cases 196/16 257 212/16 261 172/16 692 156/6540 1.71 (1.43 to 2.05) P<0.001 1.62 (1.35 to 1.94) P<0.001
Rate per 10 000 cases (95% CI) 121 (104 to 139) 130 (114 to 149) 103 (88 to 120) 239 (203 to 278)
Viral wheeze No of deaths/cases 17/74 489 14/81 722 14/76 254 9/34 367 1.47 (0.71 to 3.01) 0.30 1.51 (0.73 to 3.1) 0.26
Rate per 10 000 cases (95% CI) 2 (1 to 4) 2 (1 to 3) 2 (1 to 3) 3 (1 to 5)
Upper RTI No of deaths/cases 40/55 369 42/59 138 26/60 208 15/19 677 1.22 (0.71 to 2.09) 0.48 1.19 (0.69 to 2.04) 0.53
Rate per 10 000 cases (95% CI) 7 (5 to 10) 7 (5 to 10) 4 (3 to 6) 8 (4 to 13)

RTI=respiratory tract infection.

*

Model 1: adjusted for age and sex; model 2: adjusted for age, sex, and comorbidities in table 1. All odds ratios compare 60 day case fatality from March 2020 to February 2021 with reference period from March 2017 to February 2020.