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Nearly 80% of hospitalized coronavirus patients in Atlanta were black, CDC reports
Source: Washington Post
6/17/2020, 6:08:47 p.m.
Nearly 80% of hospitalized coronavirus patients in Atlanta were black, CDC reports
Nearly 80 percent of patients hospitalized in Atlanta because of covid-19 were black, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In data taken from March to April, black patients made up 79 percent of the 220 hospitalizations across six metropolitan Atlanta acute-care infirmaries. The median age of all those hospitalized was 61, and 52 percent were male.
The CDC study also found that many of those hospitalized patients had prior health conditions such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension or chronic kidney disease. Also, smoking and obesity were more prevalent, according to the report.
According to the 2019 Census, 51.8 percent of the metropolitan Atlanta population consists of people who identify as “Black or African-American, alone.”
At least 115,000 people have died of the coronavirus in the United States, according to a Washington Post tracker. Though black people account for 13 percent of the U.S. population, the group makes up 24 percent of coronavirus-related deaths, according to the Covid Racial Data Tracker.
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Nearly 80% of hospitalized coronavirus patients in Atlanta were black, CDC reports
Nearly 80 percent of patients hospitalized in Atlanta because of covid-19 were black, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In data taken from March to April, black patients made up 79 percent of the 220 hospitalizations across six metropolitan Atlanta acute-care infirmaries. The median age of all those hospitalized was 61, and 52 percent were male.
The CDC study also found that many of those hospitalized patients had prior health conditions such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension or chronic kidney disease. Also, smoking and obesity were more prevalent, according to the report.
According to the 2019 Census, 51.8 percent of the metropolitan Atlanta population consists of people who identify as “Black or African-American, alone.”
At least 115,000 people have died of the coronavirus in the United States, according to a Washington Post tracker. Though black people account for 13 percent of the U.S. population, the group makes up 24 percent of coronavirus-related deaths, according to the Covid Racial Data Tracker.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/17/coronavirus-live-updates-us/#link-OBGZ3AKKRNFUFATEQRUL4AQI5I