Assessing differential impacts of COVID-19 on black communities

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Authors

Gregorio A. Millett · American Foundation for AIDS Research

Austin Jones · American Foundation for AIDS Research

David Benkeser · Emory University

Stefan Baral · Johns Hopkins University

Laina D. Mercer · Program for Appropriate Technology in Health

Chris Beyrer · Johns Hopkins University

Brian Honermann

Abstract

Nearly 20% of U.S. counties are disproportionately black, and they accounted for 52% of COVID-19 diagnoses and 58% of COVID-19 deaths nationally. County-level comparisons can both inform COVID-19 responses and identify epidemic hot spots. Social conditions, structural racism, and other factors elevate risk for COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths in black communities.

Topics & Keywords

COVID-19 epidemiological studies COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Health disparities and outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Epidemiology

Volume 47, pp. 37-44

DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.05.003

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