Table 1.
A summary of the reported MIS-C cases, with information about ethnicitya
LocationNumber of cases (M/F)EthnicityDistribution of ethnic groups within the country concernedReferences
England 58 (38/20) 38% Black 84.9% White British/all other white Whittaker et al., 2020; Office for National Statistics, 2021  
31% Asian 8% Asian/Asian British 
21% White 3.5% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British 
10% Other 1.9% Other ethnicity 
 1.8% Mixed/multiple ethnic groups 
England 29 (20/9) 41% Caucasian  Felsenstein et al., 2020  
21% Southeast Asian 
17% Unknown or Multi-ethnic background 
14% African/Caribbean 
7% East Asian 
England 25 (15/10) 40% White  Carter et al., 2020  
36% Black 
20% Asian 
4% Other 
England 15 (11/4) 40% African/Afro-Caribbean  Ramcharan et al., 2020  
40% South Asian 
13% Mixed 
7% Other 
France 16 (8/8) 62% Afro-Caribbean Data not available Pouletty et al., 2020  
25% European 
12% Middle Eastern 
France 21 (9/12) 57% Sub-Saharan African/Afro-Caribbean  Toubiana et al., 2020b  
29% European 
10% Asian 
5% Middle Eastern 
US 2,617b (1,544/1,073) 35% Hispanic or Latino 60.1% White US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021; Kaiser Family Foundation, 2019  
31% Black, non-Hispanic 18.5% Hispanic 
25% White, non-Hispanic 12.2% Black 
4% Other 5.6% Asian 
3% Multiple 0.7% American Indian/Alaska Native 
2% Asian 0.2% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 
0% American Indian/Alaska Native 2.8% Multiple 
0% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander  
LocationNumber of cases (M/F)EthnicityDistribution of ethnic groups within the country concernedReferences
England 58 (38/20) 38% Black 84.9% White British/all other white Whittaker et al., 2020; Office for National Statistics, 2021  
31% Asian 8% Asian/Asian British 
21% White 3.5% Black/African/Caribbean/Black British 
10% Other 1.9% Other ethnicity 
 1.8% Mixed/multiple ethnic groups 
England 29 (20/9) 41% Caucasian  Felsenstein et al., 2020  
21% Southeast Asian 
17% Unknown or Multi-ethnic background 
14% African/Caribbean 
7% East Asian 
England 25 (15/10) 40% White  Carter et al., 2020  
36% Black 
20% Asian 
4% Other 
England 15 (11/4) 40% African/Afro-Caribbean  Ramcharan et al., 2020  
40% South Asian 
13% Mixed 
7% Other 
France 16 (8/8) 62% Afro-Caribbean Data not available Pouletty et al., 2020  
25% European 
12% Middle Eastern 
France 21 (9/12) 57% Sub-Saharan African/Afro-Caribbean  Toubiana et al., 2020b  
29% European 
10% Asian 
5% Middle Eastern 
US 2,617b (1,544/1,073) 35% Hispanic or Latino 60.1% White US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021; Kaiser Family Foundation, 2019  
31% Black, non-Hispanic 18.5% Hispanic 
25% White, non-Hispanic 12.2% Black 
4% Other 5.6% Asian 
3% Multiple 0.7% American Indian/Alaska Native 
2% Asian 0.2% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 
0% American Indian/Alaska Native 2.8% Multiple 
0% Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander  

F, female; M, male.

a

Only papers in English, reporting 15 patients or more, are included in this table.

b

198 of the 2,617 cases did not report race/ethnicity data. CDC data reported as of March 1, 2021.

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