People With Intellectual Disabilities And Autism Die Of COVID-19 At A Higher Rate

In New York and Pennsylvania, COVID-19 case-fatality rates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are higher than the states’ overall rates. (Case-fatality rates are deaths as a percentage of total confirmed cases within the population.)

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Data as of June 3. Numbers for people with intellectual disabilities reflect those who get services from the state.

Source: New York State Department of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, New York Office for People with Developmental Disabilities

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