Correction: Variation in racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality by age in the United States: A cross-sectional study
Year: 2021
Type: erratum
Abstract: There are several transcription errors in the text.The third sentence of the subsection of the Abstract titled "Methods and Findings" should read: "As of July 22, 2020, the number of COVID-19 deaths equaled 68,377 for NHW, 29,476 for NHB, 23,256 for Hispanic, 1,143 for NHAIAN, and 6,468 for NHAPI populations; the corresponding population sizes were 186.4 million, 40.6 million, 57.7 million, 2.6 million, and 19.5 million."The sixth sentence of the subsection of the Abstract titled "Methods and Findings" should read: "Similarly, rate ratios for the Hispanic versus NHW population were 7.0 (95%CI 5.8, 8.4; p<0.001), 8.8 (95% CI 7.8, 9.9; p < 0.001), and 7.0 (95% CI 6.6, 7.5; p < 0.001) for the corresponding age strata above, with remaining rate ratios ranging from 1.4 to 5.0."The eighth sentence in the same section should read: "Among NHAPI persons, rate ratios ranged from 2.0 to 2.8 for persons 25-74 years and were 1.4 and 1.1 for persons aged 75-84 and 85+ years, respectively."The final sentence of the first paragraph of the Results should read: "Corresponding proportions for other groups are as follows: 37% and 61% for Hispanic, 45% and 69% for NHAIAN, and 23% and 46% for NHAPI."The third sentence of the third paragraph within the subsection of the Results titled "Rate differences" should read: "Accounting for age distribution and population size differences between racial/ethnic groups, the age-standardized YPLL rate ratio, compared to the NHW population, equaled 6.9 (95% CI 6.9, 6.9; p <0.001) for NHB, 6.4 (95% CI 6.4, 6.4; p < 0.001) for Hispanic, 8.7 (95% CI 8.6, 8.9; p < 0.001) for NHAIAN, and 2.5 (95% CI 2.4, 2.5; p < 0.001) for NHAPI."There are several transcriptions errors in the Table 2.
Source: PLoS Medicine
Authors: Mary T. Bassett, Jarvis T. Chen, Nancy Krieger
Language: English
Subfield: Modeling and Simulation
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $4,000
OpenAlex ID: W3094169227