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. 2022 Feb 23;7:25. doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00444-6

Table 1.

Seasonal average study population (#) and percentage (%) by age group and high-risk conditions, Denmark (2010/11 to 2017/18) and England (2010/11–2018/19).

Denmark England
Age group: 18–34 yrs 35–49 yrs 50–64 yrs 65–74 yrs >75 yrs 18–34 yrs 35–49 yrs 50–64 yrs 65–74 yrs >75 yrs
Study population # 1,184,338 1,162,715 1,091,518 607,953 422,744 2,124,434 1,932,551 1,641,127 810,820 703,539
No high-risk condition # 1,116,222 1,048,161 888,877 418,772 240,462 1,770,594 1,451,475 1,031,906 395,988 259,218
% 94.3 90.1 81.4 68.9 57.0 83.3 75.1 62.9 48.8 36.8
Any high-risk condition # 68,116 114,554 202,642 189,182 182,282 353,840 481,076 609,221 414,832 444,320
% 5.7 9.9 18.6 31.1 43.0 16.7 24.9 37.1 51.2 63.2
Asthma # 9424 10,298 9990 5943 4181 149,687 152,166 137,866 73,471 61,578
% 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 7.0 7.9 8.4 9.1 8.8
Respiratory disorders # 1303 4329 15,975 20,205 24,617 1716 7642 37,639 48,471 52,624
% 0.1 0.4 1.5 3.3 5.8 0.1 0.4 2.3 6.0 7.5
Cardiovascular # 3959 17,050 58,372 72,192 95,037 4812 18,310 74,855 97,262 168,364
% 0.3 1.5 5.3 11.9 22.4 0.2 0.9 4.6 12.0 23.9
Diabetes # 10,027 26,678 69,683 67,618 51,795 19,534 56,832 137,204 116,557 121,541
% 0.8 2.3 6.4 11.1 12.2 0.9 3.0 8.4 14.4 17.3
Endocrine disorders* # 7455 14,029 16,489 10,800 10,628 18,516 38,451 52,165 33,277 35,860
% 0.6 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.5 0.9 2.0 3.2 4.1 5.1
Blood disorders # 476 488 716 953 1476 3584 2914 1591 696 787
% 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Immunocompromised # 11,361 23,440 47,006 51,182 45,635 32,523 37,212 54,186 53,220 62,564
% 1.0 2.0 4.3 8.4 10.7 1.5 1.9 3.3 6.6 8.9
Kidney disorders # 840 1,918 4046 5792 9513 1735 6964 26,055 46,062 100,293
% 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.9 2.2 0.1 0.4 1.6 5.7 14.2
Liver disorders # 1849 4276 6517 3043 1177 3226 10,620 16,654 7704 3319
% 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.5
Neurological disorders # 1498 3730 5462 5748 13,106 1331 3924 7279 11,354 52,003
% 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.9 3.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.4 7.4

*Excludes diabetes.