Excess Mortality in California by Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Understanding educational patterns in excess mortality during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may help to identify strategies to reduce disparities. It is unclear whether educational inequalities in COVID-19 mortality have persisted throughout the pandemic, spanned the full range of educational attainment, or varied by other demographic indicators of COVID-19 risks, such as age or occupation.

Methods

This study analyzed individual-level California Department of Public Health data on deaths occurring between January 2016 and February 2021 among individuals aged ≥25 years (1,502,202 deaths). Authors applied ARIMA (autoregressive integrated moving average) models to subgroups defined by the highest level of education and other demographics (age, se

SUBMITTER: Chen YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9325680 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature