At what rate are Americans ending up in a hospital due to Covid-19? The CDC is keeping a running tab of Covid-19 hospitalizations in 14 states and comparing the number being hospitalized to area population estimates. The states include New York, which has been hardest hit, as well as California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, and Utah.
Overall, in the four weeks ending March 28, 2020, the rate of hospitalization due to Covid-19 in the study area was 4.6 per 100,000 population. The hospitalization rate rises with age...
Rate of Covid-19 hospitalizations per 100,000 population, March 1–28
Aged 0 to 4: 0.2
Aged 5 to 17: 0.1
Aged 18 to 49: 2.5
Aged 50 to 64: 7.4
Aged 65 to 74: 12.2
Aged 75 to 84: 15.8
Aged 85-plus: 17.2
Among those hospitalized, 89 percent had underlying health conditions, with hypertension (50 percent) and obesity (48 percent) most common. The CDC findings suggest Blacks may account for a disproportionately large share of those hospitalized with Covid-19. While Blacks accounted for 18 percent of the population of the study area, they were a larger 33 percent of those hospitalized with Covid-19.
Source: CDC, Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019—COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1–30, 2020
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