Arizona residents were less likely to be vaccinated, wear masks and maintain social distance, according to a new study.
By Lux Butler Cronkite News PHOENIX – Arizona had the highest rate of COVID-19 deaths in the nation over three years, according to a research analysis published in March in the medical-science journal The Lancet.
The study says Arizona recorded 581 deaths per 100,000 people from Jan. 1, 2020, to July 31, 2022, the highest rate by far among states in the U.S., where the national rate was 372 deaths per 100,000. Hawaii had the lowest rate, at 147 per 100,000. In three years, 33,225 Arizonans have died of COVID-19, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services website. AZDHS officials did not respond to emailed requests for comment.
The Lancet researchers analyzed other factors such as poverty rates, education levels, access to quality health care and levels of interpersonal trust, in order to better understand the number of COVID-19 illnesses and deaths. The higher the poverty rate and lower the average education level of a state, the more infections it saw.
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