A longitudinal study of convergence between Black and White COVID-19 mortality: A county fixed effects approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-Hispanic Black populations have suffered much greater per capita COVID-19 mortality than White populations. Previous work has shown that rates of Black and White mortality have converged over time. Understanding of COVID-19 disparities over time is complicated by geographic changes in prevalence, and some prior research has claimed that regional shifts in COVID-19 prevalence may explain the convergence.

Methods

Using county-level COVID-19 mortality data stratified by race, we investigate the trajectory of Black and White per capita mortality from June 2020-January 2021. We use a county fixed-effects model to estimate changes within counties, then extend our models to leverage county-level variation in prevalence to study the effects of prevalence versus time t

SUBMITTER: Lawton R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8426155 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature