Characteristics SPP, crude SPP, adjusted COVID-19 Weeks 3–5, 2015–19 Weeks 3–5, 2015–19 20 days 28 days 31 days 26 days 22 days 30 days 17 days 23 days Wuhan [5] Wuhan [6] Wuhan [7] Hubei [10] Beijing [8] Shenzhen [9] Zhejiang [11] Zhejiang [12] Number 5,829 NA 99 138 82 137 262 298 62 91 Mean age in years (range) 73 (71–75) 63 (61–66) 55.5 NA NA 55 NA NA NA NA Median age in years (range) 77 (76–78) 67 (65–69) NA 56 NA 57 47.5 47 41 50 Female, % (range) 45 (44–45) 41 (39–42) 32 46 NA 56 52 50 44 59 Any chronic disease, % (range) 82 (80–85) 74 (70–77) 51 46 NA 20 NA 32 32 NA Hypertension, % (range) 58 (56–62) 49 (46–53) NA 31 NA 10 NA 13 8 16 Endocrine condition/diabetes, % (range) 28 (26–30) 24 (22–26) 13 14 NA 10 NA 6 2 9 COPD, % (range) 20 (19–22) 20 (18–22) NA 3 NA 2 NA NA 2 NA Cancer, % (range) 7 (6–8) 8 (7–9) 1 7 NA 2 NA 1 NA NA Renal disease, % (range) 37 (34–40) 27 (24–29) NA 3 NA NA NA NA 2 NA Liver disease, % (range) 4 (3–4) 5 (3–6) NA 3 NA NA NA 3 11 NA Of total: ARDS, % (range) 1 (0–1) 1 (0–1) 17 20 NA NA NA 4 2 NA Of total: ventilated, % (range) 8 (7–10) 9 (8–11) 20 23 NA 25 NA 11 2 NA Of total: ICU, % (range) 19 (18–21) 20 (18–22) 23 26 NA NA NA 11 2 10 Of ICU: male, % (range) 58 (55–60) 61 (56–66) NA 61 NA NA NA NA NA NA Of ICU: median age in years (range) 76 (74–78) 67 (64–68) NA 66 NA NA NA NA NA NA Of ICU: without chronic, % (range) 10 (7–12) 16 (10–19) NA 28 NA NA NA NA NA NA Of total: deceased, % (range) 9 (8–9) 6 (5–6) 11 4 6 12 1 0 0 0 Of deceased: median age, in years (range) 83 (82–84) 78 (76–79) NA NA 72.5 NA NA NA NA NA Of deceased: < 60 years, % (range) 5 (2–9) 13 (7–22) 36 NA 20 NA 30 NA NA NA Of deceased: without chronic disease, % (range) 13 (13–15) 13 (12–14) 18 NA 23 NA 30 NA NA NA Still hospitalised, % 58 62 NA 56 82 77 98 66