Race and Ethnicity and Sex Variation in COVID-19 Mortality Risks Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Los Angeles County, California.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Few studies have used precise age-specific data to construct age-standardized estimates of the relative risks (RRs) of COVID-19 mortality for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) vs the general population, and none to date has addressed race and ethnicity and sex variations in COVID-19 mortality among PEH with COVID-19 infection.

Objective

To measure age-standardized mortality rate ratios for PEH vs the general population overall and by sex and race and ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional study, crude and age-specific COVID-19 mortality rates per 100 000 people were calculated using 5-year age groups and standardized mortality ratios for PEH and the general population aged 25 years and older, assessing differences by race

SUBMITTER: Porter NAC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9856229 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature