Coronavirus, report on ethnicity and mortality

Hospitalization and Mortality among Black Patients and White Patients with Covid-19 (25 June, 2020)

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2011686?query=featured_home

METHODS

Retrospective cohort study

Patients in Louisiana between March 1 and April 11, 2020,

All tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Primary outcomes, hospitalization and in-hospital death

Health population

Non- Hispanic

31% black

65% white

RESULTS

3481 Covid-19–positive patients included

60.0% were female

70.4% were black

29.6% were white

Black patients had more;

Obesity

Diabetes

Hypertension

Chronic kidney disease

Hospitalized people

39.7% of Covid-19–positive patients (1,382 patients) were hospitilized

76.9% of whom were black

Critical care or mechanical ventilation, 80% were black.

326 of 1,382 patients died from Covid-19

70.6% were black

Variables

Increasing age

Presentation with an elevated respiratory rate

Elevated levels of venous lactate or creatinine

Low platelets

Low lymphocytes

Black race was not independently associated with higher in hospital mortality

Other factors

Occupational exposure

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