The two publications have been tracking accounts of healthcare worker deaths tied to COVID-19 for a year.
Below are data split by demographic, as reported by The Guardian and Kaiser Health News:
Deaths by occupation:
Nurse: 32 percent of all known healthcare staff COVID-19 deaths
Healthcare support: 20 percent
Physician: 17 percent
Medical first responder: 7 percent
Admin/admin support: 6 percent
Diagnosing clinician: 4 percent
Healthcare technologist: 4 percent
Community or social worker: 3 percent
Cleaner: 2 percent
Other: 2 percent
Security personnel: 1 percent
Culinary/food services: 1 percent
Coroner: 0 percent
Deaths by race and ethnicity:
White: 36 percent of all known healthcare staff COVID-19 deaths
Black: 26 percent
Asian/Pacific Islander: 21 percent
Hispanic: 15 percent
Native American: 2 percent
Deaths by state:
Alabama: 78 known healthcare worker COVID-19 deaths
Alaska: 0
Arizona: 54
Arkansas: 38
California: 322
Colorado: 33
Connecticut: 42
Delaware: 4
Florida: 181
Georgia: 74
Hawaii: 3
Idaho: 4
Illinois: 172
Indiana: 83
Iowa: 32
Kansas: 15
Kentucky: 50
Louisiana: 77
Maine: 4
Maryland: 69
Massachusetts: 76
Michigan: 114
Minnesota: 33
Mississippi: 71
Missouri: 77
Montana: 11
Nebraska: 16
Nevada: 25
New Hampshire: 4
New Jersey: 266
New Mexico: 29
New York: 452
North Carolina: 95
North Dakota: 14
Ohio: 96
Oklahoma: 51
Oregon: 8
Pennsylvania: 118
Rhode Island: 16
South Carolina: 56
South Dakota: 6
Tennessee: 57
Texas: 344
Utah: 16
Vermont: 0
Virginia: 41
Washington: 28
West Virginia: 24
Wisconsin: 34
Wyoming: 6
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