Covid death rate differs by state and by trust

Covid death rate differs by state    and by trust
LOS ANGELES — The United States has the dubious distinction of suffering the highest covid-19 mortality rate among the world’s high-income countries. But that national average — 372 deaths per 100,000 people as of last summer — hides the fact that pandemic outcomes differed greatly from state to state. In a comparison that controlled for demographic differences between states, Arizona’s covid-19 mortality rate of 581 deaths per 100,000 residents was almost four times higher than Hawaii’s, where there were 147 deaths per 100,000 residents. Death rates in the hardest-hit states resembled those of countries with no health care infrastructure whatever.…

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