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BREAKING// New ONS data reveals men working in lower-paid, frontline jobs had highest death rate from Covid-19.
Security guards: 46 deaths per 100,000
Taxi drivers: 36 deaths per 100,000
Bus drivers: 26 deaths per 100,000
Carers: 23 deaths per 100,000
[THREAD] /1 https://twitter.com/ONS/status/1259762979173736454
Security guards: 46 deaths per 100,000Taxi drivers: 36 deaths per 100,000Bus drivers: 26 deaths per 100,000Carers: 23 deaths per 100,000[THREAD] /1 https://twitter.com/ONS/status/1259762979173736454
This data is from deaths recorded up to and including 20 April so will largely be from infections that occurred before lockdown.
Hence, why doctors and nurses appear to be dying at similar rate to people of the same age according to this data. /2
Hence, why doctors and nurses appear to be dying at similar rate to people of the same age according to this data. /2
Again because data is pre-lockdown - we're seeing occupational groups that would now be shielded who have previously been severely affected.
Male chefs died at a rate of 36 per 100,000
Male driving instructors also died at a rate of 36 per 100,000
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Male chefs died at a rate of 36 per 100,000Male driving instructors also died at a rate of 36 per 100,000/3
Big proviso of this data is that because it only adjusts for age and not ethnicity or place of residence, it doesn't conclusively prove that occupational exposure is a major factor in deaths from Covid-19...
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Data might also apply that continued issues over PPE supply to staff in care homes has had an effect.
Male carers are dying at double the rate of male healthcare workers (doctors & nurses)
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Male carers are dying at double the rate of male healthcare workers (doctors & nurses)
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The dramatic impact on male carers may begin to explain some of the figures around Covid's disproportionate impact on BAME people - particularly Black British people as...
Britons of African heritage are 310% more likely than white counterparts to work in social care
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Britons of African heritage are 310% more likely than white counterparts to work in social care
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It's also interesting to note that male cab/taxi drivers had a higher death rate than bus drivers - which many may find surprising given the number of people a bus driver interacts with on a daily basis
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In terms of deaths among women by occupation, all death rates are far reduced because of increased effect on men BUT again it's caring, leisure and other service occupations (i.e. people facing roles) which are most affected.
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