Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Age-Specific All-Cause Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this cross-sectional study of the US population during the COVID-19 PHE, excess mortality occurred in all racial and ethnic groups, with disparities affecting several minoritized populations. The greatest relative increases occurred in populations aged 25 to 64 years. Documented differences deviated from prepandemic disparities.
Authors
- Karen Dorsey Sheares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4764-9312)
- Kekoa Taparra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8493-3868)
- Utibe R. Essien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4494-5028)
- Trent Haywood
- Rohan Khera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9467-6199)
- Jeremy Samuel Faust (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-1446)
- Alexander Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6484-7217)
- Tasce Bongiovanni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4568-2087)
- Ijeoma Opara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1118-4699)
- Zhenqiu Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3089-141X)
- Clyde W. Yancy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7271-4166)
- Benjamin Renton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-8141)
- Chima D. Ndumele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4887-0043)
- Karol E. Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3658-6165)
- Mitsuaki Sawano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2789-1758)
- Terris King
- Elena Fuentes‐Afflick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2879-1305)
- Herman A. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3623-7264)
- Chengan Du
- Yuan Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5264-2169)
- Harlan M. Krumholz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2046-127X)
- Tina Loarte-Rodriguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9597-3551)
- Shu‐Xia Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1261-079X)
- Andrew D. A. Marshall
Institutions
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Grace (United States) (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
- Mass General Brigham (US)
- Morehouse School of Medicine (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-10-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38918
- Citations
- 12
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.39