Dallo Florence J, Kindratt Tiffany B, Seaton Randell, Ruterbusch Julie J
School of Health Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI.
Public Health Program, Department of Kinesiology, College of Nursing and Health, Innovation University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
Ethn Dis. 2025 Mar 17;35(1):35-40. doi: 10.18865/EthnDis-2023-82. eCollection 2025 Mar.
The aim of this study was to estimate and compare the age-specific and sex-adjusted case-fatality rates (CFRs) among Arab Americans to Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic White, and Asian adults living in Michigan. Data from Michigan's vital records, surveillance data (March 2020-July 2021), and an Arab/Chaldean surname algorithm were used. We used χ tests to determine statistically significant differences between groups. Logistic regression was used to estimate age-specific and sex-adjusted CFRs. Arab Americans had a lower CFR of 1.54% compared with Asian (1.97%), non-Hispanic White (2.17%), and non-Hispanic Black adults (3.36%), regardless of sex. For those 80 years of age or older, Arab American (30.72%) and Asian adults (31.47%) had higher CFR compared with the other racial or ethnic groups, with non-Hispanic White adults displaying a lower CFR of 18.28%. An Arab American ethnic identifier would likely increase the visibility of this population so that they can be included in the efforts to increase awareness, testing, and prevention strategies of COVID-19 or similar pandemics that might be facing us in the future.
本研究的目的是估计并比较阿拉伯裔美国人与居住在密歇根州的西班牙裔、非西班牙裔黑人、非西班牙裔白人及亚裔成年人的年龄特异性和性别调整后的病死率（CFR）。研究使用了密歇根州的生命记录数据、监测数据（2020年3月至2021年7月）以及阿拉伯/迦勒底姓氏算法。我们使用χ检验来确定组间的统计学显著差异。逻辑回归用于估计年龄特异性和性别调整后的CFR。无论性别如何，阿拉伯裔美国人的CFR较低，为1.54%，低于亚裔（1.97%）、非西班牙裔白人（2.17%）和非西班牙裔黑人成年人（3.36%）。对于80岁及以上的人群，阿拉伯裔美国人（30.72%）和亚裔成年人（31.47%）的CFR高于其他种族或族裔群体，非西班牙裔白人成年人的CFR较低，为18.28%。阿拉伯裔美国人的族裔标识符可能会提高该人群的可见性，以便他们能够被纳入提高对COVID-19或未来我们可能面临的类似大流行病的认识、检测和预防策略的努力中。
