4/08/2020

Italy's National Institute of Health found that 99 percent of people who died from COVID-19 had at least one pre-existing condition, comparisons to US pre-existing illness rates

Italy's National Institute of Health found that 99 percent of people who died from COVID-19 had at least one preexisting condition.
76.1% of patients who died from COVID-19 had hypertension, or high blood pressure. 
One-third of COVID-19 patients who died in Italy had heart disease. 
About one-quarter of people who died from the coronavirus in Italy had atrial fibrillation. 
Diabetes was the second most common condition among COVID-19 patients who died: 35.5% had the illness. 
Of those who died in Italy, 20.3% had active cancer in the past five years. 
The study found that 18% of people who died had chronic kidney disease. 
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — or lung diseases such as chronic emphysema and bronchitis — was present in 13.2% of the people who died. 
People who previously had a stroke made up 9.6% of COVID-19 patients who died in Italy. 
In Italy, 6.8% of COVID-19 patients who died had dementia. 
Chronic liver disease was the 10th most common underlying condition among COVID-19 patients who died.
Compare to rate of these pre-existing conditions for Americans.

In the United States, about 77.9 million (1 out of every 3) adults have high blood pressure. Among adults age 20 and older in the United States, the following have high blood pressure: - For non-Hispanic whites, 33.4 percent of men and 30.7 percent of women.



An estimated 83.6 million American adults (>1 in 3) have 1 or more types of CVD. Of these, 42.2 million are estimated to be ≥60 years of age. For the 60–79-year-old agegroup, the following have CVD: 70.2% of men; 70.9% of women. For the 80+ year-old age group, the following have CVD: 83.0% of men; 87.1% of women.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , approximately 2 percent of people younger than 65 years old have AFib, while about 9 percent of people ages 65 and older have it.


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