That group also was only 1.4% smoker, while china-normal in 2015 was 27.7% (almost all of whom were men). I wonder if people worried they’d get worse care if they admitted to respiratory co-morbidities?
Right now I expect they just used hospital admission forms. If I was self-reporting 5 pages of medical history while I’m critically ill I’d probably skip some fields. Interesting that they did find high rates of diabetes etc though.
That group also was only 1.4% smoker, while china-normal in 2015 was 27.7% (almost all of whom were men). I wonder if people worried they’d get worse care if they admitted to respiratory co-morbidities?
Right now I expect they just used hospital admission forms. If I was self-reporting 5 pages of medical history while I’m critically ill I’d probably skip some fields. Interesting that they did find high rates of diabetes etc though.