Characteristics of Persons Who Died with COVID-19 - United States, February 12-May 18, 2020

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Jul 17;69(28):923-929. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6928e1.

Abstract

During January 1, 2020-May 18, 2020, approximately 1.3 million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 83,000 COVID-19-associated deaths were reported in the United States (1). Understanding the demographic and clinical characteristics of decedents could inform medical and public health interventions focused on preventing COVID-19-associated mortality. This report describes decedents with laboratory-confirmed infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using data from 1) the standardized CDC case-report form (case-based surveillance) (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/reporting-pui.html) and 2) supplementary data (supplemental surveillance), such as underlying medical conditions and location of death, obtained through collaboration between CDC and 16 public health jurisdictions (15 states and New York City).

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • COVID-19
  • Chronic Disease
  • Coronavirus Infections / ethnology
  • Coronavirus Infections / mortality*
  • Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Health Status Disparities*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / ethnology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / mortality*
  • Public Health Surveillance*
  • Racial Groups / statistics & numerical data
  • Risk Factors
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult