Table 6.

Mortality based on ICU admission and IMV use

Mortality based on country income
		HICs			LMICs			Total
		N	n	%	N	n	%	N	n	%
ICU*	Yes	679	24	3.5	1037	173	16.7	1716	197	11.5
	No	3140	40	1.3	8004	188	2.3	11 144	228	2.0
IMV*	Yes	235	17	7.2	204	89	43.6	439	106	24.1
	No	3385	47	1.4	4480	272	6.1	7865	319	4.0

*Significant with p value <0.05 using χ² test.

HICs, high-income countries; ICU, intensive care unit; IMV, invasive mechanical ventilation; LMICs, low-income to middle-income countries; N, denominator (total patients with or without ICU/ IMV); n, total mortality.