• Am J Public Health · Jun 2021

    Variation in Reporting of the Race and Ethnicity of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Across US States: April 12, 2020, and November 9, 2020.

    • Megan D Douglas, Ebony Respress, Anne H Gaglioti, Chaohua Li, Mitchell A Blount, Jammie Hopkins, Baltrus Peter T PT Megan D. Douglas, Anne H. Gaglioti, Chaohua Li, Mitchell A. Blount, Peter T. Baltrus, and Dominic Mack are with the National Center for Primary Care, M, Willock Robina Josiah RJ Megan D. Douglas, Anne H. Gaglioti, Chaohua Li, Mitchell A. Blount, Peter T. Baltrus, and Dominic Mack are with the National Center for Primary C, Lee S Caplan, Daniel E Dawes, and Dominic Mack.
    • Megan D. Douglas, Anne H. Gaglioti, Chaohua Li, Mitchell A. Blount, Peter T. Baltrus, and Dominic Mack are with the National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Ebony Respress, Jammie Hopkins, and Daniel E. Dawes are with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine. Robina Josiah Willock and Lee S. Caplan are with the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine.
    • Am J Public Health. 2021 Jun 1; 111 (6): 1141-1148.

    AbstractDespite growing evidence that COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting communities of color, state-reported racial/ethnic data are insufficient to measure the true impact.We found that between April 12, 2020, and November 9, 2020, the number of US states reporting COVID-19 confirmed cases by race and ethnicity increased from 25 to 50 and 15 to 46, respectively. However, the percentage of confirmed cases reported with missing race remained high at both time points (29% on April 12; 23% on November 9). Our analysis demonstrates improvements in reporting race/ethnicity related to COVID-19 cases and deaths and highlights significant problems with the quality and contextualization of the data being reported.We discuss challenges for improving race/ethnicity data collection and reporting, along with opportunities to advance health equity through more robust data collection and contextualization. To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on racial/ethnic minorities, accurate and high-quality demographic data are needed and should be analyzed in the context of the social and political determinants of health.

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