The Gender Gap in COVID-19 Mortality in the United States

Sonia Akter

Feminist Economics, 2021, vol. 27, issue 1-2, 30-47

Abstract: This study examines population-weighted, sex- and age-disaggregated official COVID-19 mortality data (as of July 25, 2020) from the United States to understand gender gaps (men–women) across age. The analysis yields three key findings: (1) all age groups report about 8 percentage points more deaths among men than women; (2) non-elderly adults (

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2020.1829673

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