Abstract
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003402.].
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There are several transcription errors in the text
The third sentence of the third paragraph within the subsection of the Results titled “Rate differences” should read: “Accounting for age distribution and population size differences between racial/ethnic groups, the age-standardized Years of potential life lost (YPLL) rate ratio, compared to the NHW population, equaled 6.9 for NHB, 6.4 for Hispanic, 8.7 for NHAIAN, and 2.5 for NHAPI.”
Years of potential life lost (YPLL) and age-standardized YPLL rates per 100,000 persons due to all-cause mortality using age 65 and age 75 as cutoffs, with age-standardized YPLL ratios compared to the non-Hispanic White population as of July 22, 2020, United States. (DOCX)
Summary
Correction: Variation in racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality by age in the United States: A cross-sectional study. The third sentence of the subsection of the Abstract titled “Methods and Findings” should read: “As of July 22, 2020, the number of COVID-19 deaths equaled 68,377 for NHW, 29,476 for NHB, 23,256 for Hispanic, 1,143 for NHAIAN, and 6,468 for NHAPI populations; the corresponding population sizes were 186.4 million, 40.6 million, 57.7 million, 2.6 million, and 19.5 million.”. The third sentence of the third paragraph within the subsection of the Results titled “Rate differences” should read: “Accounting for age distribution and population size differences between racial/ethnic groups, the age-standardized YPLL rate ratio, compared to the NHW population, equaled 6.9 (95% CI 6.9, 6.9; p
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