Coronavirus: over 70% of critical care patients in UK are men
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New data shows men admitted to intensive care with Covid-19 are also more likely to die
More than 70% of patients with coronavirus admitted to critical care are men, according to new data.
The figures come from the UK's Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC) and were based on a sample of 7,542 critically-ill patients confirmed as having Covid-19. Researchers found that 5,389 of these patients were men and 2,149 were women.
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