Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Adult Patients With COVID-19 and a Known Race in All Nonfederal Mississippi Hospitals in 2020.
| Characteristic | Racea | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian and Alaska Native (n = 225) | Asian (n = 64) | Black (n = 9191) | Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (n = 18) | White (n = 9121) | ≥2 Races (n = 112) | All (N = 18 731) | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Female | 127 (56.4) | 27 (42.2) | 5314 (57.8) | 11 (61.1) | 4579 (50.2) | 51 (45.5) | 10 109 (54.0) |
| Male | 98 (43.5) | 37 (57.8) | 3877 (42.2) | 7 (38.9) | 4542 (49.8) | 61 (54.5) | 8622 (46.0) |
| Age, y | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 52.4 (16.8) | 61.3 (15.3) | 60.2 (16.8) | 50.3 (14.3) | 68.3 (15.6) | 51.2 (17.1) | 64 (16.8) |
| Median (IQR) | 53 (40-64) | 63 (53-72) | 62 (49-72) | 51 (38-60) | 71 (59-80) | 47 (39-63) | 66 (53-76) |
| Weighted ECI scoreb | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 7.8 (8.3) | 7.1 (7.7) | 8.1 (9.2) | 6.8 (7.3) | 8.2 (8.7) | 4.8 (7.2) | 8.1 (8.9) |
| ≤0 | 58 (25.8) | 15 (23.4) | 2344 (25.5) | 4 (22.2) | 2094 (23.0) | 40 (35.7) | 4555 (24.3) |
| 1-5 | 54 (24.0) | 26 (40.6) | 2144 (23.3) | 8 (44.4) | 2313 (25.3) | 36 (32.1) | 4581 (24.5) |
| 6-10 | 36 (16.0) | 6 (9.4) | 1523 (16.7) | 2 (11.1) | 1550 (17.0) | 17 (15.2) | 3134 (16.7) |
| 11-15 | 38 (16.9) | 8 (12.5) | 1241 (13.5) | 1 (5.5) | 1341 (14.7) | 9 (8.0) | 2638 (14.1) |
| ≥16 | 39 (17.3) | 9 (14.1) | 1939 (21.1) | 3 (16.7) | 1823 (20.0) | 10 (8.9) | 3823 (20.4) |
| Length of stay, d | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 9.9 (9.8) | 5.9 (6.0) | 8.0 (9.5) | 6.7 (7.2) | 7.8 (9.6) | 8.7 (10.4) | 7.9 (9.5) |
| Median (IQR) | 6 (3-13) | 4 (2-7.5) | 5 (3-9) | 4.5 (2-7) | 5 (3-9) | 5 (3-9.5) | 5 (3-9) |
| Patient status | |||||||
| Alive | 158 (70.2) | 55 (85.9) | 7941 (86.4) | 16 (88.9) | 7789 (85.4) | 104 (92.9) | 16 063 (85.7) |
| Deceased | 67 (29.8) | 9 (14.1) | 1250 (13.6) | 2 (11.1) | 1332 (14.6) | 8 (7.1) | 2668 (14.2) |
Abbreviation: ECI, Elixhauser Comorbidity Index.
a
Unless otherwise indicated, data are expressed as number (%) of patients. Percentages are rounded and may not total 100.
b
Higher scores indicate more comorbid disease burden.