COVID-19 needs no passport: the interrelationship of the COVID-19 pandemic along the U.S.-Mexico border

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Comparison of COVID-19 rates by country and border proximity

								95% Confidence interval			95% Confidence interval
Country	Border Area^a	Cases	Deaths	Population	Crude Case Rate per 100,000	Crude Death Rate per 100,000	Age-Adjusted Death Rate	Lower	Upper	Standardized Mortality Ratio	Lower	Upper
USA	No	10,096,659	159,416	71,189,008	14,182.90	223.9	251.35	250.12	252.59	1.02	1.01	1.02
USA	Yes	1,174,581	20,950	7,905,367	14,858.00	265	288.54	284.66	292.48	1.17	1.15	1.18
Mexico	No	860,898	54,807	23,454,811	3,670.50	233.7	235.17	233.21	237.15	0.78	0.78	0.79
Mexico	Yes	299,454	26,956	10,715,974	2,794.50	251.5	282.67	279.32	286.06	0.94	0.93	0.95

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