The Gender Gap in COVID-19 Mortality in the United States
Sonia Akter
Abstract
This study examines population-weighted, sex- and age-disaggregated official COVID-19 mortality data (as of July 25, 2020) from the United States to understand gender gaps (men–women) across age. The analysis yields three key findings: (1) all age groups report about 8 percentage points more deaths among men than women; (2) non-elderly adults (
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Gender gapDemographyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Health careMedicineGerontologyPopulationMortality ratePolitical scienceDiseaseDemographic economicsSociologyEconomicsInfectious disease (medical specialty)LawPathologyGlobal Health Care IssuesHealth disparities and outcomesCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts