Table 1. Comparison of sociodemographics among HCWs who died from COVID-19 versus 3 control groups, United States, January 1, 2020–October 12, 2021*.
| Variable | HCW deaths, no. (%) | Control 1: HCW nondeaths |
Control 2: non-HCW deaths |
Control 3: non-HCW nondeaths |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | p value† | No. (%) | p value‡ | No. (%) | p value§ | ||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| F | 893 (60.79) | 356,553 (81.36) | <0.001 | 50,104 (44.97) | <0.001 | 2,240,363 (51.07) | <0.001 | ||
| M |
576 (39.21) |
81,700 (18.64) |
|
|
61,306 (55.03) |
|
|
2,146,333 (48.93) |
|
| Age group, y | |||||||||
| 10–19 | 1 (0.07) | 10,866 (2.48) | <0.001 | 104 (0.09) | <0.001 | 610,578 (13.89) | <0.001 | ||
| 20–29 | 27 (1.84) | 109,220 (24.90) | 536 (0.48) | 794,483 (18.08) | |||||
| 30–39 | 86 (5.85) | 111,437 (25.41) | 1,471 (1.32) | 698,099 (15.89) | |||||
| 40–49 | 160 (10.89) | 90,003 (20.52) | 3,613 (3.24) | 633,574 (14.42) | |||||
| 50–59 | 412 (28.05) | 75,625 (17.24) | 9,013 (8.08) | 593,951 (13.52) | |||||
| 60–69 | 551 (37.51) | 36,657 (8.36) | 18,621 (16.69) | 423,500 (9.64) | |||||
| 70–79 | 176 (11.98) | 3,382 (0.77) | 28,157 (25.23) | 224,251 (5.10) | |||||
| 80+ |
56 (3.81) |
294 (0.07) |
|
|
50,026 (44.83) |
|
|
123,222 (2.80) |
|
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Non-Hispanic | 1,104 (80.29) | 299,362 (80.63) | 0.774 | 79,520 (76.84) | <0.001 | 2,588,535 (69.11) | <0.001 | ||
| Hispanic |
271 (19.71) |
71,899 (19.37) |
|
|
23,973 (23.16) |
|
|
1,157,127 (30.89) |
|
| Race | |||||||||
| White | 530 (48.01) | 208,585 (69.68) | <0.001 | 59,586 (74.93) | <0.001 | 1,878,386 (72.57) | <0.001 | ||
| Black | 300 (27.17) | 46,883 (15.66) | 10,644 (13.39) | 350,133 (13.53) | |||||
| Asian | 237 (21.47) | 19,156 (6.40) | 6,031 (7.58) | 113,042 (4.37) | |||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0 | 497 (0.17) | 292 (0.37) | 13,813 (0.53) | |||||
| Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander | 3 (0.27) | 988 (0.33) | 327 (0.41) | 11,837 (0.46) | |||||
| Multiple/Other |
34 (3.08) |
23,253 (7.77) |
|
|
2,640 (3.32) |
|
|
221,324 (8.55) |
|
| Month | |||||||||
| January | 89 (7.00) | 47,353 (11.52) | <0.001 | 11,209 (12.81) | <0.001 | 512,018 (12.61) | <0.001 | ||
| February | 30 (2.36) | 15,997 (3.89) | 3,455 (3.95) | 217,736 (5.36) | |||||
| March | 51 (4.01) | 17,412 (4.24) | 3,500 (4.00) | 198,717 (4.90) | |||||
| April | 95 (7.47) | 35,111 (8.55) | 7,079 (8.09) | 268,465 (6.61) | |||||
| May | 86 (6.77) | 27,006 (6.57) | 5,938 (6.79) | 223,827 (5.51) | |||||
| June | 347 (27.30) | 43,318 (10.54) | 10,658 (12.18) | 318,614 (7.85) | |||||
| July | 87 (6.85) | 30,810 (7.50) | 6,860 (7.84) | 331,432 (8.16) | |||||
| August | 107 (8.42) | 34,256 (8.34) | 7,088 (8.10) | 405,229 (9.98) | |||||
| September | 82 (6.45) | 29,824 (7.26) | 5,726 (6.54) | 348,613 (8.59) | |||||
| October | 49 (3.86) | 23,615 (5.75) | 4,492 (5.13) | 238,337 (5.87) | |||||
| November | 109 (8.58) | 51,872 (12.62) | 9,349 (10.68) | 480,294 (11.83) | |||||
| December |
139 (10.94) |
54,316 (13.22) |
|
|
12,149 (13.88) |
|
|
516,249 (12.72) |
|
| Season | |||||||||
| Spring | 232 (18.25) | 79,529 (19.36) | <0.001 | 16,517 (18.88) | <0.001 | 691,009 (17.02) | <0.001 | ||
| Summer | 541 (42.56) | 108,384 (26.38) | 24,606 (28.12) | 1,055,275 (25.99) | |||||
| Fall | 240 (18.88) | 105,311 (25.63) | 19,567 (22.36) | 1,067,244 (26.29) | |||||
| Winter | 258 (20.30) | 117,666 (28.64) | 26,813 (30.64) | 1,246,003 (30.69) | |||||
*A total of 440,044 healthcare workers were reported to have COVID-19, including 1,469 in the HCW deaths group and 438,575 in HCW nondeaths group. HCW, healthcare worker. †Comparison of HCW deaths vs. HCW nondeaths (control 1). ‡Comparison of HCW deaths vs. non-HCW deaths (control 2). §Comparison of HCW deaths vs. non-HCW nondeaths (control 3).