Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Deaths due to COVID-19 among Hospitalized Patients in Sidama Region, Ethiopia

Table 4.

Summary of ICU admission status anddisease severity among COVID-19 related deaths

Variables

Severity status

Intensive care unit admission

Yes

No

p-value

Yes

No

p-value

Age group

 

 

 

 

 

 

18-39

8(24.2%)

25(75.8%)

0.73

19(57.6%)

14(42.4%)

0.457

40-60

15(22.4%)

52(77.6%)

 

47(70.1%)

20(29.9%)

 

≥61

24(27.9%)

62(72.1%)

 

56(65.1%)

30(34.9%)

 

Sex

 

 

 

 

 

 

Male

34(25.2%)

101(74.8%)

0.966

87(64.4%)

48(35.6%)

0.592

Female

13(25.5%)

38(74.5%)

 

35(68.6%)

16(31.4%)

 

Comorbidity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes

36(30%)

84(70%)

0.045

85(70.8%)

35(29.2%)

0.042

No

11(16.7%)

55(83.3%)

 

37(56.1%)

29(43.9%)

 

Comorbidity number

 

 

 

 

 

 

One

29(37.7%)

48(62.3%)

0.014

54(70.1%)

23(29.9%)

0.821

Two or more

7(16.3%)

36(83.7%)

 

31(72.1%)

12(27.9%)

 

Comorbidity type

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diabetes

15(25%)

45(75%)

0.232

47(78.1%)

13(21.7%)

0.07

HTN

11(23.4%)

36(76.6%)

0.206

34(72.3%)

13(27.7%)

0.771

HIV/AIDS

2(28.6%)

5(71.2%)

1.00 f

3(42.9%)

4(57.1%)

0.19 f

Cancer

1(20%)

4(80%)

1.00 f

1(20%)

4(80%)

0.25 f

Asthma

1(12.5%)

7(87.5%)

0.433 f

7(87.5%)

1(12.5%)

0.43f

Renal disease

2(14.3%)

12(85.7%)

0.225

9(64.3%)

5(35.7%)

0.54f

Stroke

1(25%)

3(75%)

1.00 f

3(75%)

1(25%)

1.0f

Cardiac disease

4(30.8%)

9(69.2%)

1.00 f

9(69.2%)

4(30.8%)

1.0f

f; fisher exact test

f; fisher exact test