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Variation in racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality by age in the United States: A cross-sectional study

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  • Mary T Bassett
  • Jarvis T Chen
  • Nancy Krieger

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Background: In the United States, non-Hispanic Black (NHB), Hispanic, and non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (NHAIAN) populations experience excess COVID-19 mortality, compared to the non-Hispanic White (NHW) population, but racial/ethnic differences in age at death are not known. The release of national COVID-19 death data by racial/ethnic group now permits analysis of age-specific mortality rates for these groups and the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander (NHAPI) population. Our objectives were to examine variation in age-specific COVID-19 mortality rates by racial/ethnicity and to calculate the impact of this mortality using years of potential life lost (YPLL). Methods and findings: This cross-sectional study used the recently publicly available data on US COVID-19 deaths with reported race/ethnicity, for the time period February 1, 2020, to July 22, 2020. Population data were drawn from the US Census. As of July 22, 2020, the number of COVID-19 deaths equaled 68,377 for NHW, 29,476 for NHB, 23,256 for Hispanic, 1,143 for NHAIAN, and 6,468 for NHAPI populations; the corresponding population sizes were 186.4 million, 40.6 million, 2.6 million, 19.5 million, and 57.7 million. Age-standardized rate ratios relative to NHW were 3.6 (95% CI 3.5, 3.8; p

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  • Mary T Bassett & Jarvis T Chen & Nancy Krieger, 2020. "Variation in racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality by age in the United States: A cross-sectional study," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(10), pages 1-14, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1003402
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003402
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    1. Nancy Krieger & David H Rehkopf & Jarvis T Chen & Pamela D Waterman & Enrico Marcelli & Malinda Kennedy, 2008. "The Fall and Rise of US Inequities in Premature Mortality: 1960–2002," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(2), pages 1-15, February.
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