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By the Numbers: U.S. COVID-19 Demographics

By ACEP Now | on December 15, 2020 | 0 Comment
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As of November 22, 2020, the U.S. had (source):

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  • 12,028,081 Cases
  • 255,076 Deaths

CASES (source)

  • 25% Hispanic/Latinx
  • 14.8% Black non-Hispanic
  • 3% Asian
  • 52% Female

DEATHS (source, source)

More than 75% occur in patients ≥65 years

  • 25% Hispanic/Latinx
  • 19% Black non-Hispanic
  • 4.4% Asian
  • 54% Male

Hispanic/Latinx + Black patients account for

62% of deaths in patients 18–64 years

54% of deaths in patients 0–17 Years


>60% of deaths in patients 0–4 and >80 years are female patients

>60% of deaths in patients 5–74 years are male patients


HOSPITALIZATION (source)

Age-adjusted hospitalization rates compared to non-Hispanic white patients

4.1X Hispanic/Latinx patients

3.7X Black patients

4.0X American Indian or Alaska Native patients


Compiled by Joshua Niforatos, MD, MTS, an emergency medicine resident at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore and research editor of Brief19.com.

Topics: coronavirusCOVID-19DemographicsRacial Disparities

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