Fig. 4

HRs for death involving COVID-19 by ethnic group during the third wave of the pandemic (13 June 2021 to 1 December 2021), relative to the White British group, stratified by sex. Results obtained from Cox proportional hazards regression models adjusted for the following: model 1—age; model 2—age plus residence type (private household, care home or other communal establishment); model 3—age and residence type plus geographical factors (region, Rural Urban classification and population density); model 4—age, residence type, and geography, plus sociodemographic factors (highest qualification, IMD decile, NS-SEC, household characteristics [tenure of the household, household deprivation, household size, family status, household composition and key worker in household], key worker type, individual and household exposure to disease, and individual and household proximity to others); model 5—age, residence type, geography, and sociodemographic factors, plus health status (pre-existing health conditions, BMI and hospital admissions over the previous 3 years); and model 6—age, residence type, geography, sociodemographic factors, and health status plus vaccination status (unvaccinated, one dose, two doses or third/booster dose). Error bars represent 95% CIs