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

ABSTRACT:

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

SUBMITTER: Bassett MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7575091 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature