Compared with survivors, people who died were more likely to be male, older, ex-smokers, hypertensive, and had a more frequent history of Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), COVID-19 disease, cardiovascular disease (CVD), heart failure, atrial fibrillation, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and use of aspirin, anticoagulants, beta-blockers, and insulin. Here, INS is linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.