3. The COVID-19 case fatality rate, Mississippi, March-July 2020.

	Death count	Case count	Case fatality rate (%)	95% CI(a)	P-value(b)
(a)Confidence interval; (b)P-value from Z-test.
Total	1346	41 846	3.2	(3.0–3.4)
Gender
Male	641	17 500	3.7	(3.4–3.9)	<0.0001
Female	694	24 107	2.9	(2.7–3.1)
Race
White	518	9964	5.2	(4.8–5.6)	<0.0001
Black	643	16 298	3.9	(3.6–4.2)
Other	85	2810	3.0	(2.4–3.7)
Age (years)
<18	0	4029	0	–
18–29	9	8976	0.1	(0.0–0.2)	0.0005
30–59	205	19 051	1.1	(0.9–1.2)
60–79	647	7510	8.6	(8.0–9.2)
80+	485	2270	21.4	(19.7–23.1)
Region
Metro	319	16 316	2.0	(1.7–2.2)	<0.0001
Non-metro	1027	25 530	4.0	(3.8–4.3)