COVID-19 Among American Indian and Alaska Native Persons — 23 States, January 31–July 3, 2020
Abstrak
Although non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons account for 0.7% of the U.S. population,* a recent analysis reported that 1.3% of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases reported to CDC with known race and ethnicity were among AI/AN persons (1). To assess the impact of COVID-19 among the AI/AN population, reports of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases during January 22†-July 3, 2020 were analyzed. The analysis was limited to 23 states§ with >70% complete race/ethnicity information and five or more laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases among both AI/AN persons (alone or in combination with other races and ethnicities) and non-Hispanic white (white) persons. Among 424,899 COVID-19 cases reported by these states, 340,059 (80%) had complete race/ethnicity information; among these 340,059 cases, 9,072 (2.7%) occurred among AI/AN persons, and 138,960 (40.9%) among white persons. Among 340,059 cases with complete patient race/ethnicity data, the cumulative incidence among AI/AN persons in these 23 states was 594 per 100,000 AI/AN population (95% confidence interval [CI] = 203-1,740), compared with 169 per 100,000 white population (95% CI = 137-209) (rate ratio [RR] = 3.5; 95% CI = 1.2-10.1). AI/AN persons with COVID-19 were younger (median age = 40 years; interquartile range [IQR] = 26-56 years) than were white persons (median age = 51 years; IQR = 32-67 years). More complete case report data and timely, culturally responsive, and evidence-based public health efforts that leverage the strengths of AI/AN communities are needed to decrease COVID-19 transmission and improve patient outcomes.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (35)
S. Hatcher
C. Agnew-Brune
M. Anderson
Laura D. Zambrano
Charles E. Rose
Melissa A. Jim
Amy R. Baugher
Grace S. Liu
Sadhna V Patel
M. Evans
T. Pindyck
C. Dubray
J. Rainey
Jessica Chen
Claire Sadowski
K. Winglee
Ana Penman-Aguilar
Amruta Dixit
Eudora Claw
Carolyn Parshall
E. Provost
A. Ayala
Germán González
J. Ritchey
Jonathan Davis
V. Warren-Mears
Sujata Joshi
T. Weiser
Abigail Echo-Hawk
Adrian E Dominguez
Amy J. Poel
Christy Duke
Imani Ransby
Andria Apostolou
J. McCollum
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2020
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 206×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.15585/mmwr.mm6934e1
- Akses
- Open Access ✓