What is your risk of COVID-19 Hospitalization?
Check out this chart that was created by the BC Ministry of Health – download the PDF Worksheet here.
How to use the chart:
1. Identify the number of risk-conditions that you have from this list:
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Cancer
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Cardiovascular disease
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Cerebrovascular disease
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Chronic kidney disease
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Chronic respiratory disease (eg: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary hypertension, bronchiectasis)
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Diabetes
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Down syndrome
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Hypertension
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Immunosuppression and immunodeficiency
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Obesity (BMI >30)
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Organ transplant
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Pregnancy
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Sickle cell disease
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Substance use (eg: injection drug use, problematic alcohol use)
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Schizophrenia and psychotic disorders
Find more information on Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Disease: CLICK HERE
2. Find the appropriate cell on the chart that identifies:
- # of risk conditions
- your gender
- your age
- your number of vaccine doses
Examples:
A 55 year old woman with diabetes and 2 vaccinations has a 1.6% risk of COVID-19 hospitalization. If she were to get her booster shot, she would decrease her risk by 50% to 0.8%.
A 30 year old man living with substance abuse, hypertension and obesity (3 at-risk conditions) and zero vaccinations has a 25.2% risk of COVID-19 hospitalizations. He could reduce that risk to 3.6% with a full course of vaccinations (3 doses).
An 99 year old man with 3+ at-risk conditions and 0 doses of vaccine has an 83.7% risk of COVID-19 hospitalization. This could be reduced to 12.7% with a full course of vaccinations (3 doses).
Who is at greatest risk?
The highest risk for COVID-19 hospitalization is for the 80+ individuals who have 3+ at-risk conditions. This represents many of the people for whom we provide care at Menno Place.