Factors Associated With Covid-19 Deaths in Karnataka- Results of Secondary Data Analysis From a South Indian State

Understanding the causes of deaths in Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) patients can help epidemiologists and policy makers to develop effective prevention strategies. This study was planned with aim of studying trend of COVID-19 deaths in state of Karnataka and analysing associated factors. The data was extracted from media bulletins released by Government of Karnataka which was published in its official website and entered in Microsoft excel and analysed using SPSS version 15.0. The mean age (±SD) of individuals who died due to COVID-19 was 60 years (±14.7). Two third of the individuals who died were males and had one or more morbidity. Almost half of those who died (45.5%) were found to have diabetes. There was a linear increasing trend in proportion of individuals having morbidity with advancing age among those who died due to COVID-19. Higher age, male gender and presence of co-morbidity was associated with mortality.