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 5 Vital status and case characteristics

COVID-19 case characteristics	Overall	Alive		Dead		Pearson χ2	p
COVID-19 case characteristics	N	N	%	N	%	Pearson χ2	p
Sex
Men	537	453	84.4	84	15.6	11.1	0.001
Women	517	471	91.1	46	8.9	11.1	0.001
Age groups
0–64 years	682	668	98.0	14	2.1	188.9	0.000
65 + years	372	256	68.8	116	31.2	188.9	0.000
SEHDI 2011 groups
High deprivation	62	54	87.1	8	12.9	7.9	0.096
Medium–high deprivation	205	171	83.4	34	16.6
Medium deprivation	406	352	86.7	54	13.3
Medium–low deprivation	275	250	90.9	25	9.1
Low deprivation	96	88	91.7	8	8.3
Employed in the health system
No	760	632	83.2	128	16.8	51.2	0.000
Yes	294	292	99.3	2	0.7	51.2	0.000
Connection with a nursing home
No	877	778	88.7	99	11.3	5.3	0.022
Yes	177	146	82.5	31	17.5	5.3	0.022
Comorbidity
No	716	667	93.2	49	6.8	62.2	0.000
Yes	338	257	76.0	81	24.0	62.2	0.000

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