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COVID-19 Outcomes Among the Hispanic Population of 27 Large US Cities, 2020-2021

Journal

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 112, Issue 7, Pages 1034-1044

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AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306809

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Funding

  1. Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health [DP5OD26429]
  2. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [77644, 78325]
  3. National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities [R21MD012352-02S1]
  4. Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center EXPO Team - Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) [1-UB6HP31689-01-00]

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This study examined racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes between Hispanics and Whites. The results showed that Hispanics had higher incidence, hospitalization, and mortality rates compared to Whites in most cities. Additionally, Hispanics had lower vaccination coverage. Disparities in incidence and hospitalizations narrowed in 2021, while disparities in mortality remained similar. Cities with lower social vulnerability had wider disparities.
Objectives. To examine racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes between Hispanics and Whites across 27 US jurisdictions whose health departments are members of the Big Cities Health Coalition Methods. Using surveillance data from the BCHC COVID-19 dashboard as of mid-June 2021, we computed crude incidence, age-adjusted hospitalization and mortality, and full vaccination coverage rates for Hispanics and Whites by city. We estimated relative and absolute disparities cumulatively and for 2020 and 2021 and explored associations between city-level social vulnerability and the magnitude of disparities. Results. In most of the cities with available COVID-19 incidence data, rates among Hispanics were 2.2 to 6.7 times higher than those among Whites. In all cities, Hispanics had higher age-adjusted hospitalization (1.5-8.6 times as high) and mortality (1.4-6.2 times as high) rates. Hispanics had lower vaccination coverage in all but 1 city. Disparities in incidence and hospitalizations narrowed in 2021, whereas disparities in mortality remained similar. Disparities in incidence, hospitalization, mortality, and vaccination rates were wider in cities with lower social vulnerability. Conclusions. A deeper exploration of racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 outcomes is essential to understand and prevent disparities among marginalized communities.

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