County-level socio-economic disparities in COVID-19 mortality in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preliminary studies have suggested a link between socio-economic characteristics and COVID-19 mortality. Such studies have been carried out on particular geographies within the USA or selective data that do not represent the complete experience for 2020.

Methods

We estimated COVID-19 mortality rates, number of years of life lost to SARS-CoV-2 and reduction in life expectancy during each of the three pandemic waves in 2020 for 3144 US counties grouped into five socio-economic status categories, using daily death data from the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine and weekly mortality age structure from the Centers for Disease Control.

Results

During March-May 2020, COVID-19 mortality was highest in the most socio-economically advantaged quintile of counties a

SUBMITTER: Dukhovnov D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755340 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature