Table 2. Elixhauser Comorbidity Index Risk Factors Among Adults With COVID-19 and a Known Race Admitted to Any Nonfederal Mississippi Hospital, 2020.
| Risk factor | Race, No. (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian and Alaska Native (n = 225) | Black (n = 9191) | White (n = 9121) | All (N = 18 731)a | |
| AIDS/HIV | 0 | 37 (0.4) | 2 (0.01) | 39 (0.2) |
| Alcohol abuse | 9 (4.0) | 164 (1.8) | 113 (1.2) | 289 (1.5) |
| Blood loss anemia | 1 (0.4) | 48 (0.5) | 27 (0.3) | 77 (0.4) |
| Cardiac arrhythmias | 41 (18.2) | 1755 (19.1) | 2560 (28.1) | 4391 (23.4) |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 13 (5.8) | 1620 (17.6) | 2165 (23.7) | 3812 (20.3) |
| Coagulopathy | 47 (20.9) | 1155 (12.6) | 924 (10.1) | 2143 (11.4) |
| Congestive heart failure | 27 (12.0) | 1930 (21.0) | 1722 (18.9) | 3697 (19.7) |
| Deficiency anemia | 4 (1.8) | 488 (5.3) | 353 (3.9) | 855 (4.6) |
| Depression | 15 (6.7) | 757 (8.2) | 1610 (17.7) | 2399 (12.8) |
| Diabetes, complicated | 99 (44.0) | 2871 (31.2) | 2099 (23.0) | 5116 (27.3) |
| Diabetes, uncomplicated | 58 (25.8) | 1987 (21.6) | 1673 (18.3) | 3751 (20.0) |
| Drug abuse | 4 (1.8) | 144 (1.6) | 116 (1.3) | 264 (1.4) |
| Fluid and electrolyte disorders | 127 (56.4) | 4721 (51.4) | 4640 (50.9) | 9580 (51.1) |
| Hypertension, complicated | 65 (28.9) | 3182 (34.6) | 2488 (27.3) | 5768 (30.8) |
| Hypertension, uncomplicated | 87 (38.7) | 4299 (46.8) | 4407 (48.3) | 8875 (47.4) |
| Hypothyroidism | 13 (5.8) | 718 (7.8) | 1583 (17.3) | 2330 (12.4) |
| Kidney failure | 61 (27.1) | 2440 (26.5) | 1725 (18.9) | 4248 (22.7) |
| Liver disease | 20 (8.9) | 325 (3.5) | 378 (4.1) | 735 (3.9) |
| Lymphoma | 0 | 61 (0.7) | 78 (0.9) | 139 (0.7) |
| Metastatic cancer | 0 | 85 (0.9) | 91 (1.0) | 176 (0.9) |
| Obesity | 61 (27.1) | 3020 (32.9) | 2143 (23.5) | 5262 (28.1) |
| Other neurological disorders | 41 (18.2) | 1745 (19.0) | 1683 (18.5) | 3492 (18.6) |
| Paralysis | 3 (1.3) | 150 (1.6) | 108 (1.2) | 262 (1.4) |
| Peptic ulcer disease, excluding bleeding | 0 | 25 (0.3) | 22 (0.2) | 47 (0.3) |
| Peripheral vascular disorders | 2 (0.9) | 447 (4.9) | 495 (5.4) | 949 (5.1) |
| Psychoses | 2 (0.9) | 277 (3.0) | 166 (1.8) | 445 (2.4) |
| Pulmonary circulation disorders | 8 (3.6) | 527 (5.7) | 429 (4.7) | 972 (5.2) |
| Rheumatoid arthritis/collagen vascular diseases | 10 (4.4) | 295 (3.2) | 354 (3.9) | 663 (3.5) |
| Solid tumor without metastasis | 1 (0.4) | 226 (2.5) | 212 (2.3) | 441 (2.3) |
| Valvular disease | 5 (2.2) | 297 (3.2) | 408 (4.5) | 718 (3.8) |
| Weight loss | 9 (4.0) | 686 (7.5) | 636 (7.0) | 1340 (7.1) |
a
Includes Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, and 2 or more races or ethnicities; therefore, totals are greater than row totals.