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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Population Level Covid-19 Mortality

2020-05-11 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundCurrent reporting of Covid-19 mortality data by race and ethnicity across the United States could bias our understanding of population-mortality disparities. Moreover, stark differences in age distribution by race and ethnicity groups are seldom accounted for in analyses. MethodsTo address these gaps, we conducted a cross-sectional study using publicly-reported Covid-19 mortality data to assess the quality of race and ethnicity data (Black, Latinx, white), and estimated age-adjusted d...

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