Average BAME Covid-19 patient decades younger than white Britons in study
by Josh Halliday North of England correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#569MK)
Oldham hospital data shows south Asian patients are 31 years younger than white counterparts on average
People of south Asian heritage admitted to hospital with coronavirus are on average 31 years younger than white British Covid-19 patients, according to a study of inpatients in a town with one of England's highest infection rates.
Doctors at the Royal Oldham hospital in Greater Manchester found that black and minority ethnic coronavirus patients were mostly far younger than their white counterparts. The average age of those being treated was 71.
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