Higher COVID-19 death rates in the southern U.S. due to behavior differences
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28 April 2022Higher COVID-19 death rates in the southern U.S. due to behavior differences
During the pre-Omicron phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, regions of the U.S. had markedly different mortality rates, primarily due to differences in mask use, school attendance, social distancing, and other behaviors. Had the entire country reacted to the pandemic as the Northeast region, more than 316,000 deaths might have been avoided, 62% of those avoidable deaths being in the South.
