Comparison of Weighted and Unweighted Population Data to Assess Inequities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Deaths by Race/Ethnicity Reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tori L Cowger; Brigette A Davis; Onisha S Etkins; Keletso Makofane; Jourdyn A Lawrence; Mary T Bassett; Nancy Krieger

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16933

Comparison of Weighted and Unweighted Population Data to Assess Inequities in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Deaths by Race/Ethnicity Reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Jul 1;3(7):e2016933. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16933.

Authors

Tori L Cowger^{1

2

3}, Brigette A Davis^{1

3

4}, Onisha S Etkins^{1

3

4}, Keletso Makofane^{1

3

4}, Jourdyn A Lawrence^{1

3

4}, Mary T Bassett^{1

4}, Nancy Krieger⁴

Affiliations

¹ FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Population Health Sciences Department, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study compares the use of weighted and unweighted population data to assess inequities in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths by race/ethnicity as reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Publication types

Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / statistics & numerical data
Coronavirus Infections / ethnology*
Coronavirus Infections / mortality
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data Collection / methods*
Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
Health Status Disparities*
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / ethnology*
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
Racial Groups / statistics & numerical data
SARS-CoV-2
United States / epidemiology