Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Excess Mortality From External Causes - For The Media

JAMA Internal Medicine

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About The Study: This study estimated racial and ethnic disparities in excess deaths from external causes (homicide, suicide, transportation and drug overdoses) in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors: Mathew V. Kiang, Sc.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, is the corresponding author.

(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.1461)

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