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COVID-19 death rates in urban and rural areas : United States, 2020
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10/25/2022
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Series: NCHS Data Briefs
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Description:Key findings:
● In 2020, the age-adjusted death rate for COVID-19 was highest in the most urban areas (large central metropolitan) (97.7 per 100,000), which was 30% higher than in medium metropolitan areas (75.0), where the rate was the lowest.
● For males, the age-adjusted COVID-19 death rate in 2020 was highest in the most urban areas (129.3); for females, the highest rates were in the most urban (72.8) and the most rural (noncore) (73.8) areas.
● For people under age 65, COVID-19 death rates for males were highest among those living in the most urban areas, but among females rates were highest in the most rural areas.
● For people aged 65 and over, COVID-19 death rates for males were highest in the most urban areas; rates were highest for females in the most urban and the most rural areas.
Suggested citation: Curtin SC, Heron M. COVID-19 death rates in urban and rural areas: United States, 2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 447. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/ cdc:121523.
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