COVID-19 Vaccination and Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Mortality at Midlife in Minnesota.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent research underscores the exceptionally young age distribution of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. compared with that of international peers. This paper characterizes how high levels of COVID-19 mortality at midlife ages (45-64 years) are deeply intertwined with continuing racial inequity in COVID-19 mortality.

Methods

Mortality data from Minnesota in 2020-2022 were analyzed in June 2022. Death certificate data (COVID-19 deaths N=12,771) and published vaccination rates in Minnesota allow vaccination and mortality rates to be observed with greater age and temporal precision than national data.

Results

Black, Hispanic, and Asian adults aged <65 years were all more highly vaccinated than White populations of the same ages during most of Minnesota's substant

SUBMITTER: Wrigley-Field E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9622467 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature