Association of socio-economic deprivation with COVID-19 incidence and fatality during the first wave of the pandemic in Italy: lessons learned from a local register-based study

Table 2 Comparison of sex, age, deprivation distributions between COVID-19 cases and the overall Foggia province population

COVID-19 case characteristics	N	%	% on overall province population
Sex
Men	537	50.9	48.8
Women	517	49.1	51.2
Age groups
0–64 years	682	64.7	81.4
65 + years	372	35.3	18.6
SEHDI 2011 groups
High deprivation	62	5.9	6.2
Medium–high deprivation	205	19.6	20.5
Medium deprivation	406	38.9	47.3
Medium–low deprivation	275	26.3	20.3
Low deprivation	96	9.2	5.7
Employed in the health system
No	760	72.1
Yes	294	27.9
Connection with a nursing home
No	877	83.2
Yes	177	16.8
Vital status
Alive	924	87.7
Dead	130	12.3

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