Thread by @APMResearch, NEW (painful) #ColorofCoronavirus data:• 1 in 1,020 Black • 1 in 1,220 [...]

NEW (painful) #ColorofCoronavirus data:

• 1 in 1,020 Black
• 1 in 1,220 Indigenous
• 1 in 1,400 Pac. Islander
• 1 in 1,540 Latino
• 1 in 2,150 White &
• 1 in 2,470 Asian

…Americans has DIED (through 9/15).

#COVID19 data for every state:
https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race

The price of health #inequity, paid in lives, as calculated by our sr. researcher @DataANDInfo:

Had they died of #COVID19 at the rate as White Americans...
20,800 Black
10,900 Latino
700 Indigenous &
80 Pacific Islander Americans would still be ALIVE:

https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race

Adjusted for age (remember White Americans are much older on balance), #BIPOC Americans are all dying roughly 3 times more often that Whites of #COVID19:
https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race
(New data thru 9/15.)
#ColorofCoronavirus #healthequity #epitwitter #medtwitter #medTwitterPH

If you are wondering if there are ANY states where #Indigenous people are dying less often than Whites of #COVID19 (age-adjusted) in this update, the answer is NO.

(1,643 Indigenous Americans are known to have lost their lives thru Tuesday, Sept. 15.)

https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race#indigenous

If you are wondering if there are ANY states where #Black people are dying less than Whites of #COVID19 (age-adjusted) in this update, the answer is NO.
(39,718 Black Americans are known to have lost their lives thru 9/15.)
https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race#black

cc: @uche_blackstock @COVIDBLK

If you are wondering if there are ANY states where #Latino people are dying less than Whites of #COVID19 (age-adjusted) in this update, the answer is NO.

(38,696 #Latinx Americans are known to have lost their lives thru 9/15.)

https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race#latino

cc: @LatinoUSA @nahj

If you are wondering if there are ANY states where #Pacific Islanders are dying less than Whites of #COVID19 (age-adjusted), the answer is NO.
(218 Native Hawaiian/PI Americans have lost their lives thru 9/15, a known undercount.)
https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race#pac
@APICaucus @PublicHealth

If you are wondering if there are ANY states where #Asians are dying less than Whites of #COVID19 (age-adjusted), the answer is YES, but in just 9 states.

Click here to see which: https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race#asian

(7,298 Asian Americans have lost their lives thru 9/15.)
@aaja @AAJAMN

Thanks to all who are sharing our #ColorofCoronavirus work about #COVID19 devastation, esp. for #BIPOC. We are almost at the unthinkable: 200,000 US deaths. https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race

We have the data, but to see their faces, visit:
@FacesOfCOVID
@CTZebra &
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/lost-on-the-frontline

What does it mean that these lines are "pulling apart"? It means that #COVID19 mortality disparities for Black, Indigenous, Pacific Islanders & Latinos--compared to Whites--are widening/worsening over time. Explore data for every state here: https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race
#coronavirus

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