Factors associated with deaths due to COVID-19 versus other causes: population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the OpenSAFELY platform.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mortality from COVID-19 shows a strong relationship with age and pre-existing medical conditions, as does mortality from other causes. We aimed to investigate how specific factors are differentially associated with COVID-19 mortality as compared to mortality from causes other than COVID-19.

Methods

Working on behalf of NHS England, we carried out a cohort study within the OpenSAFELY platform. Primary care data from England were linked to national death registrations. We included all adults (aged ≥18 years) in the database on 1^st February 2020 and with >1 year of continuous prior registration; the cut-off date for deaths was 9^th November 2020. Associations between individual-level characteristics and COVID-19 and non-COVID deaths, classified a

SUBMITTER: Bhaskaran K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8106239 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature