COVID-19 Hospitalization and Death by Race/Ethnicity
Race and ethnicity are risk markers for other underlying conditions that impact health — including socioeconomic status, access to health care, and increased exposure to the virus due to occupation (e.g., frontline, essential, and critical infrastructure workers).
| Rate ratios compared to White, Non-Hispanic Persons | American Indian or Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic persons | Asian, Non-Hispanic persons | Black or African American, Non-Hispanic persons | Hispanic or Latino persons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases1 | 2.8x higher |
1.1x higher |
2.6x higher |
2.8x higher |
| Hospitalization2 | 5.3x higher |
1.3x higher |
4.7x higher |
4.6x higher |
| Death3 | 1.4x higher |
No Increase |
2.1x higher |
1.1x higher |
Factors that increase community spread and individual risk
Actions to reduce risk of COVID–19
(6 ft goal)
1 Data source: COVID-19 case-level data reported by state and territorial jurisdictions. Case-level data include about 80% of total reported cases. Numbers are unadjusted rate ratios.
2 Data source: COVID-NET (https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html, accessed 08/06/20). Numbers are ratios of age-adjusted rates.
3 Data source: NCHS Provisional Death Counts (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm, accessed 08/06/20). Numbers are unadjusted rate ratios.