A study by researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden states that unmarried men are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19. The basis for the study is the data from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare on all registered deaths from COVID-19 in Sweden for adults aged and older. 

In the study, which was published in the journal Nature Communications, study author Sven Drefahl has explained that being a man, having a lower income, a lower level of education, not being married, and being born in low-or middle-income countries ? these are the factors that relate to an elevated risk of dying from COVID-19. 

Drefahl says, We can show that there are independent effects of various separate risk factors that have been brought up in debates and news about Covid-19. He adds, All of these factors are accordingly individually associated with a strongly elevated risk of dying from Covid-19. 

Another study author Gunnar Andersson says, The fact that people with little education or a low income have higher mortality may largely be due to lifestyle factors, including finances – how much one can afford to prioritise one’s health. Andersson added, Similarly, we can explain the elevated mortality from COVID-19 for these groups.