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. 2021 Aug 2;41(2):465–478. doi: 10.1007/s11113-021-09668-1

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of COVID-19 deaths by nativityb

Full Population White Black Latino Asian
US-born Foreign-born % Diff US-born Foreign-born % Diff US-born Foreign-born % Diff US-born Foreign-born % Diff US-born Foreign-born % Diff
Age (mean) 82.0 72.5 − 11.6% 82.8 84.8 2.4% 69.8 69.0 − 1.1% 71.8 64.3 − 10.4% 55.9 71.5 27.9%
0.0000 0.0361 0.6174 0.0058 0.0003
Female (%) 49.4 44.7 − 9.5 49.7 63.4 27.6 43.3 40.1 − 7.4 42.1 30.3 − 28.0 42.9 44.0 2.6
0.0317 0.0021 0.5762 0.129 0.9361
Education
 No HS diploma (%) 14.6 38.3 162.3 14.4 22.1 53.5 17.2 38.8 125.6 28.1 63.3 125.3 7.1 34.8 390.1
0.0000 0.0128 0.0000 0.0000 0.0334
 HS diploma (%) 45.9 25.7 − 44.0 46.4 33.6 − 27.6 42.0 24.5 − 41.7 28.1 19.3 − 31.3 28.6 25.1 − 12.2
0.0000 0.0036 0.0011 0.1979 0.7751
 Some college +  (%) 38.7 27.4 − 29.2 38.8 42.0 8.2 35.7 32.7 − 8.4 35.1 12.8 − 63.5 64.3 22.2 − 65.5
0.0000 0.4565 0.5811 0.0007 0.0004
 Unknown 0.7% 8.6% 1128.6% 0.4% 2.3% 475.0% 5.1% 4.1% − 19.6% 8.8% 4.6% − 47.7% 0.0% 17.9% N/A
0.0000 0.0028 0.6746 0.2847 0.0837
Place of Death
 Home (%) 8.2 10.6 29.3 8.0 6.1 − 23.8 11.5 12.2 6.1 5.3 15.6 194.3 28.6 9.7 − 66.1
0.0430 0.4255 0.8341 0.0526 0.0278
 Healthcar (%)e 33.2 64.5 94.3 32.0 26.7 − 16.6 51.6 76.2 47.7 52.6 77.1 46.6 42.9 73.9 72.3
0.0000 0.2014 0.0000 0.0012 0.0122
 Long-term care (%) 57.7 24.0 − 58.4 59.0 65.6 11.2 35.0 11.6 − 66.9 42.1 6.4 − 84.8 28.6 15.5 − 45.8
0.0000 0.1293 0.0000 0.0000 0.2002
 Other 1.0% 0.8% − 20.0% 0.9% 1.5% 66.7% 1.9% 0.0% − 100.0% 0.0% 0.9% N/A 0.0% 1.0% N/A
0.7630 0.5004 0.0927 0.4713 0.7133
 n 5,065 595 4,764 131 157 147 57 109 14 207

The italicized numbers are p-values for the difference between US-born and Foreign-born Minnesotans

bRace-specific COVID-19 deaths will not add up to total US-born and foreign-born COVID-19 deaths due to dropped Native American COVID-19 deaths as well as missing race data on some death certificates (n = 74)