As of November 22, 2020, the U.S. had (source):
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ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 12 – December 2020- 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.
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