Percentage of COVID-19 deaths with long COVID peaked in June 2021 and April 2022 at 1.2 and 3.8 percent<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter<\/b><\/p>\n
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A total of 3,544 COVID-19 deaths mentioned long COVID from Jan. 1, 2020, through June 30, 2022, representing 0.3 percent of COVID-19 deaths, according to a December Vital Statistics Rapid Release<\/em> report, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n Farida B. Ahmad, M.P.H., from the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, and colleagues identified and quantified COVID-19 deaths with postacute sequelae of COVID-19 or long COVID using literal text from provisional National Vital Statistics System death certificates for deaths occurring during Jan. 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022.<\/p>\n The researchers identified 3,544 deaths mentioning long COVID key terms among deaths occurring during the study period, representing 0.3 percent of the COVID-19 deaths during the same time period. The percentage of COVID-19 deaths with long COVID peaked in June 2021 and April 2022 (1.2 and 3.8 percent, respectively). For the period ending in June 2022, the age-adjusted death rate for long COVID was 6.3 per 1 million population. From July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, the long COVID death rate was highest among adults aged 85 years and older, non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Natives, and males. The lowest death rate was seen among Asian people.<\/p>\n “Low rates of long COVID among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people may also be due to poor access to health care and appropriate diagnosis and reporting of post-COVID conditions in these populations,” the authors write.<\/p>\n