TABLE 2.

Crude mortality rates and adjusted COVID-19 mortality rate ratios by US county-level race/ethnicity, poverty level, age, and urbanization (United States, January 22 to September 15, 2020).

	Crude COVID-19 mortality rate (per 100,000 residents)	Adjusted COVID-19 mortality rate ratio
		Estimate	95% CI	p-value
% Black
<5	38.3	Reference
5–9	27.5	1.40	1.11–1.78	0.005
10–14	33.0	1.78	1.41–2.26	<0.001
15–19	37.2	1.93	1.50–2.47	<0.001
20–24	42.3	2.05	1.58–2.65	<0.001
25–29	36.6	1.97	1.50–2.60	<0.001
30–34	48.3	2.27	1.69–3.03	<0.001
35–39	67.1	3.12	2.26–4.30	<0.001
40–42	69.4	3.12	1.97–4.96	<0.001
≥43	131.9	5.44	2.66–11.13	<0.001
% Hispanic
<15	8.6	Reference
15–19	16.2	1.60	0.59–4.28	0.35
20–24	25.8	2.63	1.00–6.92	0.051
25–29	34.5	3.49	1.33–9.17	0.011
30–34	37.7	4.15	1.58–10.94	0.004
35–39	45.7	5.07	1.92–13.37	0.001
40–44	59.7	5.23	1.98–13.82	0.001
45–49	75.2	4.98	1.87–13.25	0.001
50–54	180.2	6.30	2.24–17.77	0.001
≥55	116.0	11.55	3.64–36.64	<0.001
% under poverty
<10	50.4	Reference
10–14	55.8	1.25	1.11–1.41	<0.001
15–19	62.2	1.61	1.41–1.84	<0.001
20–24	69.4	2.51	2.14–2.93	<0.001
≥25	158.0	4.40	3.66–5.30	<0.001
% aged 60–69 years
<5	29.4	Reference
5–9	50.3	1.15	1.04–1.28	0.005
≥10	113.9	1.28	1.12–1.47	<0.001
% aged 70–79 years
<6	27.6	Reference
6-<7	39.6	1.05	0.94–1.17	0.39
≥7	77.3	1.19	1.06–1.34	0.003
% aged ≥80 years
<4	25.4	Reference
4-<5	34.2	1.09	0.95–1.24	0.23
5-<6	44.8	1.17	1.02–1.34	0.028
≥6	88.4	1.38	1.17–1.62	<0.001
Urbanicity
Large central metro	78.9	Reference
Large fringe metro	63.8	1.60	1.17–2.17	0.003
Medium metro	47.3	1.10	0.81–1.50	0.54
Small metro	37.8	1.11	0.80–1.54	0.51
Micropolitan	37.0	0.96	0.70–1.33	0.82
Noncore	38.6	1.07	0.77–1.47	0.69

Abbreviations: %, percent.