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American Indians/Alaska Natives had the highest long COVID death rate--CDC study of long Covid deaths
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Fri, 2023-12-15 17:53 — mike kraft
Long COVID played a role in thousands of deaths: CDC A new report from the CDC published early Wednesday found long COVID was the underlying or contributing cause of death for more than 3,500 Americans. ABC News
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Results showed long COVID played a role in 3,544 deaths, with the condition listed as either an underlying or a contributing cause of death.
"This is the first time that we've used death certificate data from the National Vital Statistics System to identify deaths with long COVID," Farida Ahmad, a health scientist at the NCHS, told ABC News. "Because this is a new analysis and the first time we're looking at long COVID in death certificates, I think a lot of the aspects of the report stand out as unique."
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