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Course: Breaking Links in the Chain of Racial Disparities for COVID-19

CME Credits: 1.00

Released: 2021-06-17

The burden of COVID-19 in the United States has fallen disproportionately on Black and Hispanic/Latino individuals. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of COVID-19 infections is approximately 10% higher among Black individuals and 30% higher among Hispanic/Latino individuals compared with White non-Hispanic individuals.1 The higher incidences may be substantially underestimated because these same communities often lacked access to COVID-19 testing, leaving many cases uncounted. The differences in hospitalization are even more substantial, with Black and Hispanic/Latino individuals being approximately 3-fold more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than White non-Hispanic individuals.1 Finally, mortality risk is 1.9-fold higher for Black individuals and 2.3-fold higher for Hispanic/Latino individuals compared with White non-Hispanic individuals.1


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