Description/Abstract
Despite higher risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), there has been limited reporting of COVID-19 trends for this population. This research brief shows that higher COVID-19 case fatality rates among people with IDD. Risk is especially high among people are younger ages.
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Document Type
Data Slice
Keywords
COVID-19, Coronavirus, Intellectual disability, developmental disability, mortality rates
Disciplines
Disability Studies
Date
6-1-2020
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Recommended Citation
Landes, Scott D., "COVID-19 Mortality Rates are Higher among People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability" (2020). Population Health Research Brief Series. 52.
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/52
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