The count of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 is nearing 1 million, and data is making clear which groups have been hit the hardest. A look at the numbers.
Doug Lambrecht was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. His demographic profile — an older white male with chronic health problems — mirrors the faces of many who would be lost over the next two years.
About 255,000 people 85 and older died; 257,000 were 75 to 84 years old; and about 229,000 were 65 to 74. "A widow is losing her home, or she's losing the car she drove the kids to school with, because her husband died," Samman said."Little by little, you're getting pulled down from middle class to lower class."RACE, ETHNICITY AND AGEWhite people made up 65% of the total deaths, the largest proportion of any race by far.
After the share of COVID-19 deaths are age-adjusted in this way, we can compare that with the race's share of the total population. If the age-adjusted share of COVID-19 deaths is higher than the share of the U.S. population, that race has been disproportionately affected. "It goes back to the teachings of our elders," said Francis, who helps get vaccines and care packages to Navajo and Hopi families."Try to be self-sufficient, how to take care of ourselves and how to not rely so much on the government other sources that may or may not have our interests at heart."Americans living in rural areas have been less likely to get vaccinated than city dwellers, more likely to be infected and more likely to die.
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