Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

December 10, 2020

COVID-19 Mortality Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons — 14 States, January–June 2020. MMWR

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  • Data from 14 states, including Washington, show that age-adjusted COVID-19-associated mortality was 1.8 times higher among American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) than non-Hispanic white individuals. People aged 20-29 years, 30-39 years, and 40-49 years experienced the largest disparities, with mortality rates 10.5, 11.6, and 8.2 times higher, respectively. Overall, AI/AN persons dying from COVID-19 were younger than their white peers, with 35.1% of AI/AN COVID-19-associated deaths among persons aged <60 years, compared with 6.3% of deaths among white persons. Mortality was higher among men for both AI/AN and white persons.

Arrazola et al. (Dec 11, 2020). COVID-19 Mortality Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons — 14 States, January–June 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. https://doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6949a3