The Journal of the American Medical Association released a report on April 22, 2020 regarding the New York City Covid-19 outbreak. Their document reveals how co-morbidity had a major impact on the 5,700 patients analyzed. If the tragedy affected you personally then we extend our heartfelt sympathy. Statistics can never express what you have been going through.
Records Confirm How Co-Morbidity Had a Major Impact in New York
The researchers who wrote the report analyzed records of 5,700 patients hospitalized within the Northwell Health system. They discovered 94% of them had a second disease in addition to Covid-19. Doctors call the simultaneous presence of two chronic conditions co-morbidity.
The median age of patients in the facility from March through to early April was sixty-three. Just over half (53%) of all the patients had hypertension. Under this condition the blood pressure in the arteries is higher than it should be, forcing the heart to work harder. Moreover, 42% of all the patients were obese, while 32% were diabetic.
Covid Can Be a Very Serious Disease for Those with Co-Morbidities
Data from 2,634 patients who died, or were discharged from the hospital reveal 12% of them were put on ventilators. A staggering 88% of these subsequently died. “Having serious co-morbidities increases your risk,” says Karina Davidson.
Karina was one of the report’s co-authors, and is senior vice president for the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. These are part of the Northwell Health system in whose hospital the subjects received treatment. This is a very serious disease, Karina Davidson continues. It has a very poor outcome for those with major infections.
We publish this information as an appeal to our older folk with pre-existing chronic diseases to take extra care. Please do everything you can to avoid infection now you know how co-morbidity had a major impact in New York. Seek urgent medical attention right away if you start showing the signature signs and symptoms. Please stay at home and keep your distance. Reach out if you need help.
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