COVID-19 Death Rates in Urban and Rural Areas: United States, 2020

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• Personal Author:
  Curtin, Sally C. ; Heron, Melonie
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• 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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• Source:
  National Vital Statistics System
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Issue:
  447
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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