Table 1.
Crude and age-adjusted racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality rates between the non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White populations—top 25 counties in terms of the death rate ratio
| County | Crude | Age-adjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black death rate | White death rate | Death rate ratio | Black death rate | White death rate | Death rate ratio | |
| Orange County, North Carolina | 247.9 | 39.7 | 6.2 | 285.2 | 40.5 | 7.0 |
| Jackson County, Michigan | 421.6 | 149.5 | 2.8 | 823.4 | 118.8 | 6.9 |
| Montgomery County, Texas | 266.0 | 96.8 | 2.7 | 520.0 | 93.9 | 5.5 |
| Niagara County, New York | 206.4 | 103.6 | 2.0 | 425.9 | 79.1 | 5.4 |
| Hanover County, Virginia | 697.7 | 118.7 | 5.9 | 493.2 | 103.1 | 4.8 |
| Brazoria County, Texas | 129.6 | 59.0 | 2.2 | 250.1 | 54.1 | 4.6 |
| Jefferson Parish, Louisiana | 395.3 | 200.0 | 2.0 | 636.4 | 144.1 | 4.4 |
| Lake County, Ohio | 119.7 | 95.8 | 1.2 | 297.4 | 71.0 | 4.2 |
| Manatee County, Florida | 168.5 | 118.9 | 1.4 | 241.7 | 58.9 | 4.1 |
| Morris County, New Jersey | 441.1 | 271.6 | 1.6 | 819.3 | 201.4 | 4.1 |
| Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | 509.6 | 199.7 | 2.6 | 588.4 | 146.5 | 4.0 |
| Brazos County, Texas | 249.5 | 148.8 | 1.7 | 636.9 | 171.9 | 3.7 |
| Macomb County, Michigan | 204.5 | 130.7 | 1.6 | 389.6 | 105.6 | 3.7 |
| Scott County, Iowa | 164.7 | 138.9 | 1.2 | 424.6 | 116.1 | 3.7 |
| Fayette County, Georgia | 302.5 | 125.6 | 2.4 | 323.9 | 92.1 | 3.5 |
| DuPage County, Illinois | 168.8 | 124.2 | 1.4 | 354.0 | 102.2 | 3.5 |
| Arlington County, Virginia | 239.3 | 90.6 | 2.6 | 408.5 | 119.3 | 3.4 |
| Rankin County, Mississippi | 115.6 | 63.6 | 1.8 | 183.7 | 55.5 | 3.3 |
| Adams County, Colorado | 218.9 | 112.2 | 2.0 | 385.8 | 116.8 | 3.3 |
| Anne Arundel County, Maryland | 162.9 | 93.7 | 1.7 | 277.3 | 84.1 | 3.3 |
| McLean County, Illinois | 149.5 | 125.1 | 1.2 | 435.4 | 132.0 | 3.3 |
| Lexington County, South Carolina | 155.8 | 91.8 | 1.7 | 265.7 | 81.4 | 3.3 |
| Kern County, California | 101.2 | 89.8 | 1.1 | 248.7 | 76.5 | 3.3 |
| DeSoto County, Mississippi | 209.0 | 155.6 | 1.3 | 466.7 | 146.6 | 3.2 |
| Wicomico County, Maryland | 287.9 | 192.9 | 1.5 | 513.4 | 162.9 | 3.2 |
The age-adjusted mortality rates were calculated using indirect standardization to the US population