In England, people from ethnic minorities or living in more deprived areas are disproportionately affected by bloodstream infections.
We've shown this with our latest study, just been published on @eurosurveillance.org.
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We've shown this with our latest study, just been published on @eurosurveillance.org.
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Bacteraemia from these organisms is a very serious infection of the bloodstream.
Once we adjusted for age, this health inequality was even more striking: the most deprived areas had double the rate of the least deprived areas (95% CI: 1.89–2.15).
However, on average white people in England are older than the minority ethnic groups, so they already have a higher risk of bacteraemia.
Once we adjusted for age structure, we saw some interesting patterns.
Differences were particularly pronounced for bacteraemia caused by MRSA and Gram-negative bacteria.