Social determinants of mortality from COVID-19: A simulation study using NHANES.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 epidemic in the United States is widespread, with more than 200,000 deaths reported as of September 23, 2020. While ecological studies show higher burdens of COVID-19 mortality in areas with higher rates of poverty, little is known about social determinants of COVID-19 mortality at the individual level.

Methods and findings

We estimated the proportions of COVID-19 deaths by age, sex, race/ethnicity, and comorbid conditions using their reported univariate proportions among COVID-19 deaths and correlations among these variables in the general population from the 2017-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). We used these proportions to randomly sample individuals from NHANES. We analyzed the distributions of COVID-19 deaths by rac

SUBMITTER: Seligman B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7799807 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature