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Estimated inequities in COVID-19 infection fatality rates by ethnicity for Aotearoa New Zealand

2020-04-24

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There is limited evidence as to how COVID-19 infection fatality rates (IFR) may vary by ethnicity. We combine demographic and health data for ethnic groupings in Aotearoa New Zealand with international data on IFR for different age groups to estimate inequities in IFR by ethnicity. We find that, if age is the dominant factor determining IFR, estimated IFR for Māori is around 50% higher than non-Māori. If underlyin...

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Literature Corpus work: 51a1d662-2a2c-5146-af6a-323543d13511
DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.20.20073437

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