Increasing COVID-19 vaccination in the United States: projected impact on cases, hospitalizations, and deaths by age and racial group.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Minority populations in the United States face a disproportionate burden of illness from COVID-19 infection and have lower vaccination rates compared with other groups. This study estimated the equity implications of increased COVID-19 vaccination in the United States, with a focus on the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths avoided.

Study design

This was an observational real-world modeling study.

Methods

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were used to identify the remaining unvaccinated US population by county, age, and race as of October 22, 2021. The number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths avoided were calculated based on case incidence and death data from the CDC, along with data on race- and age-spec

SUBMITTER: Kirson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9221930 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature