COVID-19 illness personally affected nearly 97 million U.S. adults

COVID-19 illness personally affected nearly 97 million U.S. adults

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Planalp, Colin, author
Campbell, Jimmy, author
Blewett, Lynn A., author
Contributor(s):
State Health Access Data Assistance Center (Minn.) issuing body.
Publication:
[Minneapolis, Minnesota] : State Health Access Data Assistance Center, [2021]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
COVID-19 -- epidemiology
Cost of Illness
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Even before the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant, nearly 97 million U.S adults reported knowing someone killed by COVID-19. Roughly the same number of people reported that they or another immediate family member had caught the virus. Those estimates are based on a SHADAC COVID-19 survey, conducted as part of the AmeriSpeak omnibus survey by NORC at the University of Chicago, in April 2021. An estimated one-third of the U.S. adult population reported a COVID-19 infection occurring in their immediate family, and about one-third also reported knowing someone who died of the virus. However, there were few statistically significant differences across demographic subgroups. The main exceptions were by race and ethnicity, with Black and Hispanic adults significantly more likely to report knowing someone who died from COVID-19 than White adults, and Hispanic adults significantly more likely to report a COVID-19 infection within their immediate families.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (3 unnumbered pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918383087206676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918383087206676