Source: Black people in UK four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people

Black people in the UK are four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people and a number of other ethnic groups are also at an increased risk, according to new data released Thursday.


A report by the Office for National Statistics found black women (defined by the study as the Black Caribbean, Black African and Black Other) are 4.3 times more likely to die with Covid-19 than white women, while black men are 4.2 more likely to die.

People of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, and mixed ethnicities also had a "statistically significant raised risk of death," the report found.

The disparities are "partly a result of socio-economic disadvantage and other circumstances, but a remaining part of the difference has not yet been explained," the study said.

Even after taking into account age, demographic factors, and measures of self-reported health problems, black people were still almost twice as likely to die from Covid-19 than white people.

While the report was unable to clearly outline every factor behind the trend, its conclusions make clear the pandemic -- frequently referred to as a "great equalizer" -- is anything but.

"It is urgent the causes of this disproportionality are investigated," the UK's shadow justice secretary David Lammy tweeted on Thursday, calling the findings "appalling."

"Action must be taken to protect black men and women -- as well as people from all backgrounds -- from the virus," he added.

The data covers the period up to April 10. Its figures are supported by previous studies, which have also found black people in the UK are dying at a far higher rate than their white peers.

An analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank found last week that people from black African backgrounds were 3.7 times more likely to die in the hospital from the disease than white people.

That study said excess deaths cannot be explained by differences in geography and demography alone -- nor is it accounted for by non-hospital deaths.

And the findings also chime with similar reports in the United States, where African Americans have died from Covid-19 at a disproportionately high rate.

In Chicago, 72% of people who died were black, officials said in April, despite African Americans only making up 30% of the city's population. In Louisiana, African Americans make up 32% of the population but account for around 70% of deaths.

The UK has the highest coronavirus death toll in Europe, announcing on Wednesday that more than 30,000 people have died since the start of the outbreak.

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So sad, poverty should be blamed not skin colour though.

The reasons are not far fetched. Most blacks don't care about rules and regulations. When govt say stay at home, some blacks won't, either because of sheer stubbornness or quest to make ends meet. Most blacks don't even believe there is corona virus and hence continue to live their normal lives. Also, health insurance in some countries like the USA cover less blacks because most live in the low income group. I read a story about an American who being relocated to ICU and at the point of death was still asking the doctor about who will pay his ICU bills . That is what the world has become.

what kind of prophesy is this na

Too bad

Do any of these reports also include information about whether the black people who died has pre-existing or not? While this is not a race issue, I also believe it has little to do with poverty and more to do with Health status.

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Kobojunkie:
Do any of these reports also include information about whether the black people who died has pre-existing or not? While this is not a race issue, I also believe it has little to do with poverty and more to do with Health status.

An easy 70% of all African American women suffer from moderate to chronic obesity, which on its own makes them very susceptible to all manner of illnesses. Factor in drug use, cigarette smoking, alcoholism and lack of access to decent medical care, and you have a perfect storm of life-shortening factors, not that much different from that seen in many squalid Third World nations.

Jakumo:


An easy 70% of all African American women suffer from moderate to chronic obesity, which on its own makes them very susceptible to all manner of illnesses. Factor in drug use, cigarette smoking, alcoholism and lack of access to decent medical care, and you have a perfect storm of life-shortening factors, not that much different from that seen in many squalid Third World nations.

Fact

oz4real83:
The reasons are not far fetched. Most blacks don't care about rules and regulations. When govt say stay at home, some blacks won't, either because of sheer stubbornness or quest to make ends meet. Most blacks don't even believe there is corona virus and hence continue to live their normal lives. Also, health insurance in some countries like the USA cover less blacks because most live in the low income group. I read a story about an American who being relocated to ICU and at the point of death was still asking the doctor about who will pay his ICU bills . That is what the world has become.

And the American protesting in the streets are following the rules very nicely abi ? see ur mouth like poffpoff wey no swell.
Also can't u read the title(and content) blacks Abroad not blacks in their homeland.
The only reason I can think of is that Africans abroad are (majorly)forced to eat their food and don't (readily)have access to d native foods and medicine which is suppose to make them more resistant.

mlkraj:


And the American protesting in the streets are following the rules very nicely abi ? see ur mouth like poffpoff wey no swell.
Also can't u read the title(and content) blacks Abroad not blacks in their homeland.
The only reason I can think of is that Africans abroad are (majorly)forced to eat their food and don't (readily)have access to d native foods and medicine which is suppose to make them more resistant.

it is better to ignore you. U have a very low ability to understand what is far beyond your capability.

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mlkraj:

And the American protesting in the streets are following the rules very nicely abi ? see ur mouth like poffpoff wey no swell.
Also can't u read the title(and content) blacks Abroad not blacks in their homeland.
The only reason I can think of is that Africans abroad are (majorly)forced to eat their food and don't (readily)have access to d native foods and medicine which is suppose to make them more resistant.

Africans are majorly forced to eat their foods? What Africans? Where? Don't readily have access to d native foods and medicines ...? What speweth though such B.S?
For your information, many africans eat their native foods(foods that have never been proven to provide them added immunity over other locally available foods in their country of residence) on a regular basis, in the UK, even as they continue to live unhealthy lifestyles. As for medicines, self-medication is frowned upon on out in the west since there is data showing how devastating that practice can be to lives.