Description/Abstract
COVID-19 mortality risk is not distributed equally across the U.S. Among rural counties, the average daily increase in COVID-19 mortality rates has been significantly higher in counties with the largest percentages of Black and Hispanic residents.
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Document Type
Research Brief
Keywords
rural mortality, rural health, racial disparities, mortality rates, COVID-19, Coronavirus, race
Disciplines
Demography, Population, and Ecology | Place and Environment | Race and Ethnicity | Rural Sociology
Date
9-7-2020
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Funder(s)
National Institute on Aging, United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, USDA Agricultural Experiment Station Multistate Research Project
Funding ID
1P30AG066583, R24 AG065159, 2R24 AG045061, 2018-68006-27640, P2CHD041025, W4001
Recommended Citation
Cheng, Kent Jason G.; Sun, Yue; and Monnat, Shannon M., "Rural COVID-19 Mortality Rates are Highest in Counties with the Largest Percentages of Blacks and Hispanics" (2020). Population Health Research Brief Series. 12.
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/12
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