COVID-19's hidden toll: Study reveals greater mortality disparities for people with intellectual disabilities COVID19 Intellectual Disabilities Mortality Disparities Pandemic Preparedness PublicHealth DisabilityInclusion TheLancetPH
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaApr 18 2023Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health journal researchers analyzed cause-specific and any-cause mortality among individuals with or without intellectual-type disabilities before and during coronavirus disease 2019 .
About the study In the present study, researchers investigated whether there was an increase in cause-particular and any-cause mortality among individuals with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19-associated mortality was based on the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth revision codes. Mortality rates were calculated among every 10,000 individuals/year. In addition, the PubMed database was searched for English records published between the inception of the database and August 11, 2022.
Related StoriesOn the whole, the disparity in mortality in the pandemic period was wider compared to that before COVID-19 . Concerning disease groups such as behavioral, mental, and nervous system-associated causes; neoplasm-associated causes; non-natural or external causes; circulatory system-associated reasons; and natural or other causes), the mortality rate was more significant for intellectually disabled adults during COVID-19 compared to the pre-COVID-19 period.
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