Table 2.

COVID-19 infection, mortality, and case-fatality rates by race

Race	Infection		Mortality		Case fatality
	Relative infection ratea (95% CI)	P-value	Relative mortality ratea (95% CI)	P-value	Relative case fatality ratea (95% CI)	P-value
White	1(Referent)		1(Referent)		1(Referent)
Black or African American	3.79 (3.66–3.92)	<.001	2.83 (2.56–3.14)	<.001	0.75 (0.68–0.82)	<.001
Asian	1.10 (0.92–1.31)	.31	0.60 (0.31–1.16)	.13	0.55 (0.29–1.03)	.06
NHPI	1.33 (1.10–1.61)	.003	0.82 (0.43–1.58)	.56	0.62 (0.33–1.15)	.13
AIAN	1.51 (1.25–1.81)	<.001	1.58 (0.96–2.58)	.07	1.05 (0.66–1.65)	.85
Otherb	0.64 (0.61–0.69)	<.001	0.48 (0.39–0.59)	<.001	0.73 (0.61–0.90)	.002

AIAN = American Indian or Alaska Native; NHPI = Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.

Table 2 shows relative COVID-19 disease infection, case fatality, and mortality rates by race within the VA population.

Bolded values have a significance of <.05.

^aRelative rate is calculated from univariable binary Poisson regression with robust standard error.

^bOther includes Hispanic, multirace, and all other patients who did not identify themselves as one of the listed race categories or who refused to provide their race.