Older Population Increases Estimated COVID-19 Death Rates in Rural America | NLM

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Older Population Increases Estimated COVID-19 Death Rates in Rural America

04/10/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: University of New Hampshire (UNH). Published: 4/10/2020. The author of this four-page report estimates the influence that the local age structure has on COVID-19 death rates among those exposed to it in rural and urban counties in the United States. He reports that the older age structure of rural America increases its vulnerability to the coronavirus. Though rural exposure to the virus was limited early in the pandemic, it is now spreading rapidly there. (PDF)