CDC data show racial disparities in US Covid vaccination
Washington: Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that there are significant racial and ethnic disparities in Covid-19 vaccination within the country.
Vaccination rates among Black, Hispanic and Asian people are less than those for the amount of White race , and “these groups represent a smaller share of individuals fully vaccinated against Covid-19 than their share of the US population overall”, Xinhua press agency reported on Friday citing the CDC data.
Black people, accounting for 12.4 per cent of the US population, represent 8.5 per cent of these fully vaccinated, and Hispanic people, making up 17 per cent of the country’s total population, structure 11 per cent of these fully vaccinated.
The gap among Asian people is smaller, making up 5.3 per cent of these fully vaccinated against 5.8 per cent of the population, consistent with the CDC data.
White people account for 61.2 per cent of the US population but 65.8 per cent of these fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the info showed.
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