The Office for National Statistics have today released data on ethnicity and Covid-19 deaths. This is a national analysis of 12,000 deaths. This analysis shows an association between BAME heritage and increased risk of dying from Covid-19, it does not account for why this is so, although it indicates that deprivation plays a part but is not the complete explanation.
Dr John Licorish in the council’s Public Health team, has reviewed the ONS data and his initial headline findings are:
When taking into account age,
Black males are 4.2 times more likely to die from a Covid-19-related death than white males
Black females are 4.3 times more likely to die from a Covid-19 related death than white females.
After taking into account socioeconomic circumstances (deprivation)
Black males are 1.9 times more likely to die from a Covid-19-related death than white males
Black females are 1.9 times more likely to die from a Covid-19 related death than white females.
People of Bangladeshi and Pakistani, Indian, and Mixed ethnicities also had statistically significant raised risk of death involving Covid-19 compared with those of White ethnicity
After taking into account socioeconomic circumstances (deprivation),
Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic group males are 1.8 times more likely to die from a Covid-19-related death than white males
Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic group females are 1.6 times more likely to die from a Covid-19-related death than white females
My Initial assessment
There is evidence of BAME ethnicity having an increased likelihood of dying particularly those of Black ethnicity
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