Hospitalizations for COVID-19 Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adults (≥ 18 Years Old) — New Mexico, March–September 2020

Autor: Joseph T. Hicks, Eleanor Burnett, Almea Matanock, George Khalil, Kevin English, Brooke Doman, Tierney Murphy
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
ISSN: 2196-8837
2197-3792
Popis: To assess the presence of racial disparity during the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) sought to compare the case rate and risk of hospitalization between persons of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) race and persons of other races in New Mexico from March 1 through September 30, 2020. Using NMDOH COVID-19 surveillance data, age-standardized COVID-19 case and hospitalization risks were compared between adults (≥ 18 years old) of AI/AN and other races. We compared age, sex, and comorbidities between hospitalized adults of AI/AN and other races. Among AI/AN persons, age-standardized COVID-19 case and hospitalization risks were 3.7 (95% CI 3.6–3.8) and 10.5 (95% CI 9.8–11.2) times as high as persons of other races. Hospitalized AI/AN patients had higher proportions of diabetes mellitus (48% vs. 33%, P
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