Excess US Deaths Highest Among Younger Populations, Racial And Ethnic Minorities During COVID-19 Pandemic, Study Finds

October 15, 2024

MedPage Today (10/11, Fiore) reported, “When it came to excess U.S. deaths during the COVID pandemic, racial and ethnic disparities hit younger populations particularly hard, a cross-sectional study showed.” Researchers found that “people ages 25 to 64 had the greatest increases in observed-to-expected all-cause mortality ratios, and these were highest among American Indian/Alaska Native (1.45), Hispanic (1.40), and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (1.39) groups.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.