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. 2022 Jul 1;182(7):776-778.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1461.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Excess Mortality From External Causes in the US, March to December 2020

Ruijia Chen  1 , Hélène E Aschmann  1 , Yea-Hung Chen  1 , M Maria Glymour  1 , Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo  1 , Andrew C Stokes  2 , Mathew V Kiang  3
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Excess Mortality From External Causes in the US, March to December 2020

Ruijia Chen et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines racial and ethnic disparities in estimated excess deaths from homicide, suicide, transportation, and drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr R. Chen is supported in part by the National Institute on Aging (4K00AG068431-02); Dr Aschmann is supported by the SNSF Early Postdoc Mobility Fellowship; Dr Stokes is supported by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and Dr Kiang reported grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (Grant R00DA051534) outside the submitted work. Dr Glymour reported grants from NIH/NIA outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Total Estimated Excess Deaths per 100 000 Population by Race and Ethnicity and Types of External Causes of Death Between March and December 2020 in the US
Total excess deaths were calculated by summing up excess deaths between March and December 2020. All external causes of deaths include transportation fatalities, other external causes of unintentional injury, suicide, homicide, event of undetermined intent, legal intervention and operation of war, complication of medical and surgical care, and sequelae of external causes of morbidity and mortality. PI Indicates prediction interval.
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Comment in

  • doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1472

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