Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Bystander interventions and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest according to neighborhood ethnicity
Authors' conclusion
Individuals who experienced OHCA in predominantly non-Western neighborhoods received less bystander CPR and defibrillation compared to Danish neighborhoods.
Study context
- Population
- Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCAs) in Denmark 2016–2021, Danish Cardiac Arrest Registry
- Participants
- 12,750 OHCAs
- Exposure
- Non-Western and mixed population vs Danish neighborhoods
- Non-Westernn = 483
- Danishn = 12,100reference
- Mixed populationn = 167
- Outcome
- Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation
Methodological detailsnationwide registry, geocoded, logistic regression adjusted for sex, age and area-level household income
- Nationwide registry
- Geocoded
- Logistic regression adjusted for sex, age and area-level household income
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Bystander CPR
Each group vs danishOdds ratio (95% CI)
Non-Westernadjusted
0.71(0.58–0.87)
Mixed population
0.64(0.42–1.23)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bystander defibrillationNon-Western vs Danish · adjusted | 0.64 (0.42–0.97) | |
| Bystander defibrillationMixed population vs Danish | 1.17 (0.68–2.00) | |
| 0.512Odds ratio (log scale) |
OHCA incidence
Original publication
Bystander interventions and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest according to neighborhood ethnicity. Resuscitation. Published 6 February 2026. doi:10.
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