Communities of Color at Higher Risk for Health and Economic Challenges Due to COVID-19
2020
This brief published by the Kaiser Family Foundation discusses the health and financial challenges that are disproportionately affecting families and groups of color throughout the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Black populations make up 45% of the total population in Washington, D.C., but have accounted for almost one third of the confirmed coronavirus cases and more than half of deaths as of early April 2020. Communities of color experience a disproportionate amount of underlying health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, asthma and lung disease that put them at increased risk of serious illness if infected with coronavirus. The brief includes a series of figures reporting several health indicators and conditions by race and ethnicity in the United States. It also discusses issues of access to care, economic and social challenges, health risks, and future steps and policy changes that must be taken at the federal and state level related to mitigating challenges of COVID-19.
Communities of Color at Higher Risk for Health and Economic Challenges Due to COVID-19
Source:
Artiga S, Garfield R, Orgerta K. Communities of Color at Higher Risk for Health and Economic Challenges Due to COVID-19. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2020. https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/communities-of-color-at-higher-risk-for-health-and-economic-challenges-due-to-covid-19.