United States County-level COVID-19 Death Rates and Case Fatality Rates Vary by Region and Urban Status.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 is a global pandemic with uncertain death rates. We examined county-level population morality rates (per 100,000) and case fatality rates by US region and rural-urban classification, while controlling for demographic, socioeconomic, and hospital variables. We found that population mortality rates and case fatality rates were significantly different across region, rural-urban classification, and their interaction. All significant comparisons had p < 0.001. Northeast counties had the highest population mortality rates (27.4) but had similar case fatality rates (5.9%) compared to other regions except the Southeast, which had significantly lower rates (4.1%). Population mortality rates were highest in urban counties but conversely, case fatality rates were highest in rural counties. D

SUBMITTER: Ahmed R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7551952 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature