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ArticleEthnicity & disease2025

COVID-19 Case-Fatality Rates in Michigan Are Higher for Arab Americans Compared With Non-Hispanic White Individuals for the Oldest Age Groups.

Florence J Dallo, Tiffany B Kindratt, Randell Seaton, Julie J Ruterbusch

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Article in Ethnicity & disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Florence J DalloSchool of Health Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI.
Tiffany B KindrattPublic Health Program, Department of Kinesiology, College of Nursing and Health, Innovation University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
Randell SeatonDepartment of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Julie J RuterbuschDepartment of Oncology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to estimate and compare the age-specific and sex-adjusted case-fatality rates (CFRs) among Arab Americans to Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic White, and Asian adults living in Michigan. Data from Michigan's vital records, surveillance data (March 2020-July 2021), and an Arab/Chaldean surname algorithm were used. We used χ

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ArabsCOVID-19WhiteAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAsianBlack or African AmericanFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMichiganMiddle AgedSARS-CoV-2Arab AmericanCase-fatality rateCOVID-19Surname algorithm

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PMID40124640
PMCPMC11928025

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