Racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality across Michigan, United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black populations in the United States are being disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the increased mortality burden after accounting for health and other demographic characteristics is not well understood. We examined characteristics of individuals who died from COVID-19 in Michigan by race stratified by their age, sex and comorbidity prevalence to illustrate and understand this disparity in mortality risk.

Methods

We evaluate COVID-19 mortality in Michigan by demographic and health characteristics, using individual-level linked death certificate and surveillance data collected by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services from March 16 to October 26, 2020. We identified differences in demographics and comorbidity prevalence across

SUBMITTER: Parpia AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7933264 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature