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Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News September 2020

"The World Economic Forum reports the COVID-19 pandemic could push half a billion people in the world into poverty and financially impact millions more due to the 20% drop in income caused by the impending recession...The far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is already being felt among population subgroups as a function of poverty, whether it is due to structural racial injustice, an inability to treat underlying chronic conditions due to increased health care burden and clinic closures, patients' lack of access to critically needed health care, or a product of long-standing social injustices manifested mainly through food insecurity or job and income losses."
- Kellyanne Hodge, Principal, 5 Essex Consulting

At the time of a study in April 2020 by researchers at the University of Utah, the largest racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths were detected in the Midwest, where Blacks accounted for 30-40% of COVID-19 deaths in Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, and Illinois yet represented less than 15% of the populations in these states. Nationwide, Blacks comprised 12% of the population nationwide but 21% of COVID-19 deaths.

Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 7 Number 9, September 2020, "COVID-19 Deaths Among Black Essential Workers Linked To Racial Disparities," by Doug Dollemore

UCLA Health: Latino COVID-19 Mortality Rates by Age Group, May-August 2020

1. May 11th: Young Adults 0.37 deaths per 100,000; Early Middle Age 2.93 deaths per 100,000; Late Middle Age 9.58 deaths per 100,000
2. June 11th: Young Adults 0.78 deaths per 100,000; Early Middle Age 5.40 deaths per 100,000; Late Middle Age 20.24 deaths per 100,000
3. July 11th: Young Adults 1.15 deaths per 100,000; Early Middle Age 8.58 deaths per 100,000; Late Middle Age 33.0 deaths per 100,000
4. August 11th: Young Adults 2.12 deaths per 100,000; Early Middle Age 14.23 deaths per 100,000; Late Middle Age 54.73 deaths per 100,000

Notes: From a report entitled, "COVID-19‒ Associated Deaths in Working-Age Latino Adults," by David E. Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D. and Paul Hsu, M.P.H., Ph.D. Young Adults included ages 18-34, Early Middle Age 35-49, Late Middle Age 50-64.

Source: Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, UCLA Health, August 27, 2020

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