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Saqr Alsakarneh1, Nikki Duong2, Jana G Hashash3
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented global health challenge. Gastrointestinal diseases (GID) have been shown to increase morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients, warranting a comprehensive investigation of their combined impact and racial disparities in mortality rates within the United States.
Methods:
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER) mortality statistics database were analyzed for the period from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022. This study focused on adults, considering all deaths related to COVID-19 and GID. Age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) per 100,000 population were reported. Sociodemographic data, including age, sex, race/ethnicity, and region of residence, were collected.
Results:
Among 9,925,729 total deaths in the US between 2020 and 2022, 3.9% were GID related only, 9.6% were COVID-19 related only, and 0.4% were attributed to both COVID-19 and GID as underlying causes of death. AAMR for COVID-19 was 121.3 per 100,000, significantly higher than the AAMR for GID (50.3 per 100,000). Age-wise, elderly individuals had the highest AAMR for both COVID-19 and GID-related deaths. Stratified by race/ethnicity, Hispanics exhibited the highest AAMR, nearly twice that of Non-Hispanic Black patients and substantially higher than Non-Hispanic White and Asian patients.
Conclusion:
Our findings reveal substantial disparities in race/ethnicity-specific AAMR associated with both COVID-19 and GID in the US. Further research is crucial to delve deeper into their root causes and develop targeted interventions to strive for health equity for all.
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