Years of potential life lost secondary to COVID-19: Cook County, Illinois

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to substantial morbidity and mortality world-wide. Evidence suggests that ethnic and racial minorities have been disproportionately affected in the United States, particularly within major population centers. In this study, we evaluated th...

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Autores principales: Lilly, Daniel, Akintorin, Similolu, Unruh, Larissa H., Dharmapuri, Sadhana, Soyemi, Kenneth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9759983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33771693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.03.005
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Sumario:The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to substantial morbidity and mortality world-wide. Evidence suggests that ethnic and racial minorities have been disproportionately affected in the United States, particularly within major population centers. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in Cook County, Illinois, and found that the rate of years of potential life lost (YPLL) was 4.8 times greater in the most affected racial group (YPLL: 2289/100,000 population in Hispanic people) than in the least affected group (YPLL: 480/100,000 population in Asian people).

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