COVID-19 mortality in adults aged 65 and over : United States, 2020

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• Description:
  Key findings
  
  Data from the National Vital Statistics System
  
  ● In 2020, the death rate
  
  for COVID-19 among adults aged 85 and over (1,645.0 per 100,000 population) was 2.8 times higher than the rate for ages 75–84 (589.8), and
  
  7 times higher than that for ages 65–74 (234.3).
  
  ● Age-adjusted death rates
  
  for COVID-19 were higher for men than women for all race and Hispanic-origin groups among adults aged 65 and over.
  
  ● In 2020, age-adjusted death rates due to COVID-19 in the population aged 65 and over ranged from 90.5 in Hawaii to 872.0 in New Jersey.
  
  ● Among adults aged 85 and over, 38.9% of COVID-19 deaths occurred in a nursing home or long-term care facility compared with 19.2% among adults aged 75–84 and 9.7% among those aged 65–74.
  
  Suggested citation: Tejada-Vera B, Kramarow EA. COVID-19 mortality in adults aged 65 and over: United States, 2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 446. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https:// dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:121320.
  
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• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Name as Subject:
  National Vital Statistics System (U.S.) ; National Vital Statistics System (U.S.)
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Issue:
  446
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:35cb44d5fc7f7c013cffd694ad49d5f452867607fc83e81500956ccbb2973647
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121320/cdc_121320_DS1.pdf
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