Table 1 Number and proportion of admissions by sociodemographic characteristics within each cohort (COVID-19, PIMS-TS, other pandemic year admissions, all admissions in 2019–2020, influenza admissions in 2019–2020)

Total

6,338

(100.0)

712

(100.0)

463,556

(100.0)

771,591

(100.0)

6,968

(100.0)

Sex

Male

3,347

(52.8)

452

(63.5)

247,299

(53.3)

416,830

(54.0)

3,733

(53.6)

Female

2,991

(47.2)

260

(36.5)

216,257

(46.7)

354,761

(46.0)

3,235

(46.4)

Age

Neonates

741

(11.7)

<5

–

69,230

(14.9)

89,822

(11.6)

151

(2.2)

Post-neonatal

1,216

(19.2)

71

(10.0)

71,560

(15.4)

135,195

(17.5)

1,036

(14.9)

1–4

1,281

(20.2)

217

(30.5)

126,426

(27.3)

262,511

(34.0)

3,189

(45.8)

5–9

840

(13.3)

216

(30.3)

71,255

(15.4)

116,951

(15.2)

1,274

(18.3)

10–14

1,188

(18.7)

175

(24.6)

72,256

(15.6)

97,662

(12.7)

871

(12.5)

15–17

1,072

(16.9)

31

(4.4)

52,829

(11.4)

69,450

(9.0)

447

(6.4)

Ethnicity

White

3,685

(58.1)

285

(40.0)

329,358

(71.1)

544,460

(70.6)

4,653

(66.8)

Mixed

279

(4.4)

51

(7.2)

20,426

(4.4)

33,397

(4.3)

259

(3.7)

Asian

1,203

(19.0)

155

(21.8)

49,217

(10.6)

88,615

(11.5)

1,063

(15.3)

Black

395

(6.2)

109

(15.3)

17,388

(3.8)

30,948

(4.0)

333

(4.8)

Other

298

(4.7)

40

(5.6)

13,160

(2.8)

22,381

(2.9)

197

(2.8)

Unknown

478

(7.5)

72

(10.1)

34,007

(7.3)

51,790

(6.7)

463

(6.6)

IMD quintile category

Most deprived

1,662

(26.2)

163

(22.9)

108,096

(23.3)

188,391

(24.4)

1,906

(27.4)

2nd most deprived

1,533

(24.2)

182

(25.6)

96,386

(20.8)

163,405

(21.2)

1,497

(21.5)

3rd most deprived

1,218

(19.2)

164

(23.0)

92,034

(19.9)

152,297

(19.7)

1,278

(18.3)

4th most deprived

1,087

(17.2)

98

(13.8)

87,873

(19.0)

142,097

(18.4)

1,197

(17.2)

Least deprived

838

(13.2)

105

(14.7)

78,982

(17.0)

125,167

(16.2)

1,090

(15.6)

Missing

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

185

(0.0)

234

(0.0)

0

(0.0)