biostudies-literatureRosengren AVetenskapsrådetKnut och Alice Wallenbergs StiftelseHjärt-LungfondenForskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd100095https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9683858biostudies-literatureUnknown4<h4>Background</h4>Studies on risk factors for severe COVID-19 in people of working age have generally not included non-working persons or established population attributable fractions (PAFs) for occupational and other factors.<h4>Objectives</h4>We describe the effect of job-related, sociodemographic, and other exposures on the incidence, relative risks and PAFs of severe COVID-19 in individuals aged 18-64.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a registry-based study in Swedish citizens aged 18-64 from 1 January 2020 to 1 February 2021 with respect to COVID-19-related hospitalizations and death.<h4>Results</h4>Of 6,205,459 persons, 272,043 (7.5%) were registered as infected, 3399 (0.05%) needed intensive care, and 620 (0.01%) died, with an estimated case fatality rate of 0.06% over the last 4-month Global epidemiologyCOVID-19 in people aged 18-64 in Sweden in the first year of the pandemic: Key factors for severe disease and death.PMC96838582021-065452020-057922019-002452021-065252020.02412019-001982021-003262018-025272021-003042021-0345Rosengren AGisslen MBjork JCronie OLagergren JSoderberg MSattar NLundberg CEEdqvist JBranden MAberg MSantosa ARobertson JAdiels MLindgren MfalseCOVID-19 in people aged 18-64 in Sweden in the first year of the pandemic: Key factors for severe disease and death.<h4>Background</h4>Studies on risk factors for severe COVID-19 in people of working age have generally not included non-working persons or established population attributable fractions (PAFs) for occupational and other factors.<h4>Objectives</h4>We describe the effect of job-related, sociodemographic, and other exposures on the incidence, relative risks and PAFs of severe COVID-19 in individuals aged 18-64.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a registry-based study in Swedish citizens aged 18-64 from 1 January 2020 to 1 February 2021 with respect to COVID-19-related hospitalizations and death.<h4>Results</h4>Of 6,205,459 persons, 272,043 (7.5%) were registered as infected, 3399 (0.05%) needed intensive care, and 620 (0.01%) died, with an estimated case fatality rate of 0.06% over the last 4-month 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Dec2025-04-18T22:24:40.994Z2024-11-20T16:14:57.888ZS-EPMC96838583644748110.1016/j.gloepi.2022.100095