Changes in COVID-19-Associated Deaths During a Year Among Blacks and Hispanics Compared to Whites in the State of Connecticut
| العنوان: | Changes in COVID-19-Associated Deaths During a Year Among Blacks and Hispanics Compared to Whites in the State of Connecticut |
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| المؤلفون: | Cato T. Laurencin, Z. Helen Wu, James J. Grady, Joanne M Walker, Rong Wu |
| المصدر: | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, COVID-19 Vaccines, Health (social science), Sociology and Political Science, Monthly, Hispanic, Ethnic group, Black People, Community, Article, Ethnic, symbols.namesake, Epidemiology, medicine, Humans, Poisson regression, Cause of death, Data, Racial, business.industry, Health Policy, Mortality rate, Public health, Disparity, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, COVID-19, Hispanic or Latino, United States, Confidence interval, Health equity, Coronavirus, Death, Connecticut, Black, Anthropology, symbols, business, Demography |
| الوصف: | Background With recent COVID-19 vaccination rates relatively high in the USA, the USA still maintains the most documented cases globally,[1] even though COVID-19 cases, hospitalization, and mortality have been declining. However, the health burden has been largely felt in communities involving racial and ethnic minorities. Thus, in order to provide a clearer picture of what is happening in Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities, we examined the racial/ethnic differences of monthly COVID-19 deaths in Connecticut. Methods This is an epidemiological study analyzing mortality data from March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, obtained from the Connecticut State Department of Public Health. The data include cause of death (COVID-19 death identified by ICD-10 code U071), race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic White (White), non-Hispanic Black (Black), and Hispanic), sex, and age. Both crude and age-adjusted rates were reported by racial/ethnic groups. To compare age-adjusted rates between racial groups, with estimated age-adjusted death counts as outcomes, between-racial group rate ratios, 95% confidence intervals, and p values significant at |
| تدمد: | 2196-8837 2197-3792 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::6513009df82745dfbb78b4be9e012e25 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-021-01143-z |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....6513009df82745dfbb78b4be9e012e25 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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