LA TASA DE MORTALIDAD ES 2 VECES SUPERIOR EN NUEVA ORLEANS QUE EN NUEVA YORK DEBIDO AL ELEVADO ÍNDICE DE OBESIDAD, DIABETES E HIPERTENSIÓN ENTRE LA POBLACIÓN
Why is New Orleans' cobi19 death rate twice New York's? Obesity is a factor
New Orleans residents suffer from obesity, diabetes and hypertension at rates higher than the national average, conditions that doctors and public health officials say can make patients more vulnerable to el bichito-19, the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the cobi19.
Some 97% of those killed by el bichito-19 in Louisiana had a pre-existing condition, according to the state health department. Diabetes was seen in 40% of the deaths, obesity in 25%, chronic kidney disease in 23% and cardiac problems in 21%.
Orleans Parish, which encompasses the city, reported 125 confirmed cobi19 deaths as of Thursday, the equivalent of 32 cobi19 deaths per 100,000 people. That rate for New York City was at 15.9 on Thursday.