Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the three study cohorts
Cohorts with high POCLFT use | Cohorts with medium POCLFT use | Cohorts with low POCLFT use | ||||
Districts (N =) | 25 | 45 | 24 | |||
Total population (N =) | 1,869,845 | 3,402,368 | 3,660,451 | |||
Median (sd) population per district | 79,592 | 60,936 | 64,078 | |||
Age | PCRa positive | hospital admissions | PCRa positive | hospital admissions | PCRa positive | hospital admissions |
0–19 | 12.2% | 1.1% | 11.8% | 1.1% | 11.6% | 1.3% |
20–49 | 47.8% | 7.0% | 47.1% | 7.9% | 46.1% | 9.8% |
50–64 | 23.1% | 18.9% | 23.3% | 18.3% | 24.8% | 18.0% |
65–79 | 9.8% | 33.0% | 10.1% | 33.3% | 10.3% | 31.9% |
80 + | 7.1% | 40.0% | 7.7% | 39.4% | 7.2% | 39.1% |
men | 48.3% | 54.2% | 48.8% | 52.1% | 48.2% | 51.2% |
women | 51.7% | 45.8% | 52.2% | 47.9% | 51.8% | 48.8% |