Updated Estimates of Chronic Conditions Affecting Risk for Complications from Coronavirus Disease, United States

Abstract

We updated estimates of adults at risk for coronavirus disease complications on the basis of data for China by using recent US hospitalization data. This update to our previous publication substitutes obesity for cancer as an underlying condition and increases adults reporting any of the conditions from 45.4% to 56.0%.

Keywords

• population-based estimates
• chronic conditions
• risk factors
• complications
• coronavirus disease
• COVID-19