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Health disparity and COVID‐19—A retrospective analysis
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 75.7 million confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), a global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), have been reported so far. Researchers are working relentles...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8340930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34386613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.345 |
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author | Sarkar, Sanjay Taylor, Archie Dutta, Pratik Bajaj, Meghna Nash, Justin Ravola, Martha Ievleva, Sofia Llyod, Cardarius Ola, Praise Jenkins, Brenita Sengupta, Bidisha Roy, Debarshi |
author_facet | Sarkar, Sanjay Taylor, Archie Dutta, Pratik Bajaj, Meghna Nash, Justin Ravola, Martha Ievleva, Sofia Llyod, Cardarius Ola, Praise Jenkins, Brenita Sengupta, Bidisha Roy, Debarshi |
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description | BACKGROUND AND AIMS: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 75.7 million confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), a global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), have been reported so far. Researchers are working relentlessly to find effective solutions to this catastrophe, using genomic sequence‐based investigation, immunological analysis, and more. The role of health disparity has also emerged as an intriguing factor that made a huge impact on the lives of people. METHODS: We analyzed various factors that triggered the health disparity in the United States of America along with the rate of COVID‐19 morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, we have also focused on the State of Mississippi, which is suffering from an extreme health disparity. Data have been obtained from publicly available data sources including, Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Mississippi State Department of Health. Correlation analysis of the dataset has been performed using R software. RESULTS: Our analysis suggested that the COVID‐19 infection rate per 100 000 people is directly correlated with the increasing number of the African American population in the United States. We have found a strong correlation between the obesity and the COVID‐19 cases as well. All the counties in Mississippi demonstrate a strong correlation between a higher number of African American population to COVID‐19 cases and obesity. Our data also indicate that a higher number of African American populations are facing socioeconomic disadvantages, which enhance their chances of becoming vulnerable to pre‐existing ailments such as obesity, type‐2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. CONCLUSION: We proposed a possible explanation of increased COVID‐19 infectivity in the African American population in the United States. This work has highlighted the intriguing factors that increased the health disparity at the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-83409302021-08-11 Health disparity and COVID‐19—A retrospective analysis Sarkar, Sanjay Taylor, Archie Dutta, Pratik Bajaj, Meghna Nash, Justin Ravola, Martha Ievleva, Sofia Llyod, Cardarius Ola, Praise Jenkins, Brenita Sengupta, Bidisha Roy, Debarshi Health Sci Rep Research Articles BACKGROUND AND AIMS: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 75.7 million confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), a global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), have been reported so far. Researchers are working relentlessly to find effective solutions to this catastrophe, using genomic sequence‐based investigation, immunological analysis, and more. The role of health disparity has also emerged as an intriguing factor that made a huge impact on the lives of people. METHODS: We analyzed various factors that triggered the health disparity in the United States of America along with the rate of COVID‐19 morbidity and mortality. Furthermore, we have also focused on the State of Mississippi, which is suffering from an extreme health disparity. Data have been obtained from publicly available data sources including, Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Mississippi State Department of Health. Correlation analysis of the dataset has been performed using R software. RESULTS: Our analysis suggested that the COVID‐19 infection rate per 100 000 people is directly correlated with the increasing number of the African American population in the United States. We have found a strong correlation between the obesity and the COVID‐19 cases as well. All the counties in Mississippi demonstrate a strong correlation between a higher number of African American population to COVID‐19 cases and obesity. Our data also indicate that a higher number of African American populations are facing socioeconomic disadvantages, which enhance their chances of becoming vulnerable to pre‐existing ailments such as obesity, type‐2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. CONCLUSION: We proposed a possible explanation of increased COVID‐19 infectivity in the African American population in the United States. This work has highlighted the intriguing factors that increased the health disparity at the time of the COVID‐19 pandemic. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8340930/ /pubmed/34386613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.345 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Sarkar, Sanjay Taylor, Archie Dutta, Pratik Bajaj, Meghna Nash, Justin Ravola, Martha Ievleva, Sofia Llyod, Cardarius Ola, Praise Jenkins, Brenita Sengupta, Bidisha Roy, Debarshi Health disparity and COVID‐19—A retrospective analysis |
title | Health disparity and COVID‐19—A retrospective analysis |
title_full | Health disparity and COVID‐19—A retrospective analysis |
title_fullStr | Health disparity and COVID‐19—A retrospective analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Health disparity and COVID‐19—A retrospective analysis |
title_short | Health disparity and COVID‐19—A retrospective analysis |
title_sort | health disparity and covid‐19—a retrospective analysis |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8340930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34386613 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.345 |
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