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. 2022 Jan 1;182(1):87-90.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6734.

Leading Causes of Death Among Adults Aged 25 to 44 Years by Race and Ethnicity in Texas During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to December 2020

Jeremy Samuel Faust  1 , Alexander Junxiang Chen  2 , Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako  3 , Chengan Du  4 , Shu-Xia Li  4 , Harlan M Krumholz  4 , Michael L Barnett  5
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Leading Causes of Death Among Adults Aged 25 to 44 Years by Race and Ethnicity in Texas During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March to December 2020

Jeremy Samuel Faust et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cohort study examines mortality data from Texas, a racially and ethnically diverse state, to better understand excess mortality among adults aged 25 to 44 years during early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Krumholz reports expenses and/or personal fees from UnitedHealth, IBM Watson Health, Element Science, Aetna, Facebook, Siegfried & Jensen law firm, Arnold & Porter law firm, Martin/Baughman law firm, F-Prime Capital, and the National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases in Beijing, China; owns Refactor Health and Hugo Health; and has grants and/or contracts from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medtronic, the US Food and Drug Administration, Johnson & Johnson, Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and the Shenzhen Center for Health Information. Dr Barnett reports being retained as an expert witness by government plaintiffs in lawsuits against opioid manufacturers. No other disclosures were reported.

Figures

Figure.
Figure.. Cause-Specific Mortality Among Texas Residents Aged 25 to 44 Years, January 2017 Through December 2020
The solid lines indicate raw cause-specific death counts for usual leading causes of death from January 2017 through December 2020. The dotted dark blue lines indicate raw COVID-19–attributed death counts from March through December 2020.
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