Characteristics of Persons Who Died with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–May 18, 2020

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• Personal Author:
  Wortham, Jonathan M. ; Lee, James T. ; Althomsons, Sandy ; Latash, Julia ; Davidson, Alexander ; Guerra, Kevin ; Murray, Kenya ; McGibbon, Emily ; Pichardo, Carolina ; Toro, Brian ; Li, Lan ; Paladini, Marc ; Eddy, Meredith L. ; Reilly, Kathleen H. ; McHugh, Lisa ; Thomas, Deepam ; Tsai, Stella ; Ojo, Mojisola ; Rolland, Samantha ; Bhat, Maya ; Hutchinson, Katherine ; Sabel, Jennifer ; Eckel, Seth ; Collins, Jim ; Donovan, Catherine ; Cope, Anna ; Kawasaki, Breanna ; McLafferty, Sarah ; Alden, Nisha ; Herlihy, Rachel ; Barbeau, Bree ; Dunn, Angela C. ; Clark, Charles ; Pontones, Pamela ; McLafferty, Meagan L. ; Sidelinger, Dean E. ; Krueger, Anna ; Kollmann, Leslie ; Larson, Linnea ; Holzbauer, Stacy ; Lynfield, Ruth ; Westergaard, Ryan ; Crawford, Richard ; Zhao, Lin ; Bressler, Jonathan M. ; Read, Jennifer S. ; Dunn, John ; Lewis, Adele ; Richardson, Gillian ; Hand, Julie ; Sokol, Theresa ; Adkins, Susan H. ; Leitgeb, Brooke ; Pindyck, Talia ; Eure, Taniece ; Wong, Karen ; Datta, Deblina ; Appiah, Grace D. ; Brown, Jessica ; Traxler, Rita ; Koumans, Emilia H. ; Reagan-Steiner, Sarah
• Corporate Authors:
  CDC COVID-19 Response Team. ; New York (N.Y.). Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. ; New Jersey. Department of Health. ; Washington. State Department of Health. ; Michigan. Department of Health and Human Services. ; North Carolina. Department of Health and Human Services. ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment. ; Utah. Department of Health. ; Indiana. State Department of Health. ; Oregon. Health Authority. ; Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. ; Minnesota Department of Health. ; Wisconsin. Department of Health Services. ; Alaska. Department of Health and Social Services. ; Vermont. Department of Health. ; University of Vermont Medical Center. ; Tennessee Department of Health. ; Louisiana Department of Health.
• Description:
  What is already known about this topic? COVID-19 Mortality is higher in persons with underlying medical conditions and in those aged ≥85 years.
  
  What is added by this report? Analysis of supplementary data for 10,647 decedents in 16 public health jurisdictions found that a majority were aged ≥65 years and most had underlying medical conditions. Overall, 34.9% of Hispanic and 29.5% of nonwhite decedents were aged <65 years, compared with 13.2% of white, non-Hispanic decedents. Among decedents aged <65 years, a total of 7.8% died in an emergency department or at home.
  
  What are the implications for public health practice? Understanding factors contributing to racial/ethnic Mortality differences and out-of-hospital deaths might inform targeted communication to encourage persons in at-risk groups to practice preventive measures and promptly seek medical care if they become ill.
  
  During January 1, 2020–May 18, 2020, approximately 1.3 million cases of coronaVirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 83,000 COVID-19–associated deaths were reported in the United States (1). Understanding the demographic and clinical characteristics of decedents could inform medical and public health interventions focused on preventing COVID-19–associated Mortality. This report describes decedents with laboratory-confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2, the Virus that causes COVID-19, using data from 1) the standardized CDC case-report form (case-based Surveillance) (https://www.cdc.gov/coronaVirus/2019-ncov/php/reporting-pui.html) and 2) supplementary data (supplemental Surveillance), such as underlying medical conditions and location of death, obtained through collaboration between CDC and 16 public health jurisdictions (15 states and New York City).
  
  Suggested citation for this article: Wortham JM, Lee JT, Althomsons S, et al. Characteristics of Persons Who Died with COVID-19 — United States, February 12–May 18, 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 10 July 2020.
  
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• Content Notes:
  Case-based Surveillance -- Supplemental Surveillance -- Discussion -- Table 1 -- Table 2.
• Subjects:
  CoronaVirus Infections//Mortality COVID-19 Pneumonia, Viral/Mortality
• Source:
  MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2020; v. 69 Early Release
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  69
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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