COVID-19 Contributing Conditions in Georgia
Disciplines
Epidemiology | Public Health Education and Promotion
Abstract (300 words maximum)
While older people were definitely a large portion of the victims of COVID-19, many younger people were victims as well. Was there a difference in the conditions contributing to death among younger people and older people? The purpose of this research is to determine whether younger people and older people who died from COVID-19 between the months right before the pandemic in January 2020, and October 2022, died from similar conditions or different conditions in the state of Georgia. The hypothesis is that people in younger age groups typically died from different contributing conditions than people in older age groups did. The dataset was obtained from the CDC website and provides the age group as well as the condition contributing to death, among other details about the deceased. While the data provides both a condition group as well as a more specific condition, this project will utilize the condition group variable for the sake of organization and visualization. The project will contain bar graphs and charts to visually compare the numbers between the different age groups and their contributing condition groups. The expectation is to see the graphs show certain condition categories have higher numbers with younger people than they do with older people. In particular, I expect to see younger people (ages 0 to 24) dying in the “obesity” category more often than older people and older people (ages 65 and older) dying in the “respiratory” category, as well as the “COVID-19” category for people who died without an apparent compounding condition. The purpose of this research is to consider the difference in advertising the dangers of COVID to different age groups.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
Wellstar College
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Kevin Gittner
COVID-19 Contributing Conditions in Georgia
While older people were definitely a large portion of the victims of COVID-19, many younger people were victims as well. Was there a difference in the conditions contributing to death among younger people and older people? The purpose of this research is to determine whether younger people and older people who died from COVID-19 between the months right before the pandemic in January 2020, and October 2022, died from similar conditions or different conditions in the state of Georgia. The hypothesis is that people in younger age groups typically died from different contributing conditions than people in older age groups did. The dataset was obtained from the CDC website and provides the age group as well as the condition contributing to death, among other details about the deceased. While the data provides both a condition group as well as a more specific condition, this project will utilize the condition group variable for the sake of organization and visualization. The project will contain bar graphs and charts to visually compare the numbers between the different age groups and their contributing condition groups. The expectation is to see the graphs show certain condition categories have higher numbers with younger people than they do with older people. In particular, I expect to see younger people (ages 0 to 24) dying in the “obesity” category more often than older people and older people (ages 65 and older) dying in the “respiratory” category, as well as the “COVID-19” category for people who died without an apparent compounding condition. The purpose of this research is to consider the difference in advertising the dangers of COVID to different age groups.