Our latest analysis shows a continued higher #COVID19 mortality risk for disabled people in most groups from 24 January to 20 November 2020 https://t.co/G6P0M9mQjj pic.twitter.com/9Fa86CXibp
— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) February 11, 2021
All the socio-economic and geographical factors and pre-existing conditions considered made some difference to the risk for people with learning disabilities.
— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) February 11, 2021
The largest effect was associated with living in a care home or other communal establishment https://t.co/D3jQ8S7ueG
Between 24 January and 20 November 2020 in England, the risk of death involving #COVID19 was higher for disabled men than non-disabled men.
— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) February 11, 2021
For disabled women, the risk of death was also higher than non-disabled women https://t.co/lM8JunTo0K pic.twitter.com/HvWRYsp0xd
Adjusting for personal and household characteristics, a smaller but statistically significantly raised risk of death remains unexplained for some groups
— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) February 11, 2021
▪️ more-disabled women: 1.4 times
▪️ less-disabled women: 1.2 times
▪️ more-disabled men: 1.1 timeshttps://t.co/HyqEmDdq0q
No single factor explains the raised #COVID19 mortality risk among disabled people.
— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) February 11, 2021
However, disabled people are disproportionately exposed to a range of generally disadvantageous circumstances https://t.co/mvmRMc8fjJ
Every single human death is a tragedy. These statistics are not surprising, since we have known the higher risk to people with underlying conditions from the very beginning. However, they do highlight the importance of protecting all disabled people from Covid through first shielding and then vaccination.
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