National Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes between Black and White Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is very limited comprehensive information on disparate outcomes of black and white patients with COVID-19 infection. Reports from cities and states have suggested a discordant impact on black Americans, but no nationwide study has yet been performed. We sought to understand the differential outcomes for black and white Americans infected with COVID-19.

Methods

We obtained case-level data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 76,442 white and 48,338 non-Hispanic Black patients diagnosed with COVID-19, ages 0 to >80+, outlining information on hospitalization, ICU admission, ventilation, and death outcomes. Multivariate Poisson regressions were used to estimate the association of race, treating white as the reference group, controlling for sex,

SUBMITTER: Poulson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7413663 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature