Highest age-adjusted 2021 suicide rates and highest relative percentage change seen for American Indian or Alaska Native persons

Authors say respectful maternity care may help address maternal morbidity in Black women

Barriers to health care access and other socioeconomic factors may increase vulnerability in racial/ethnic minorities

SCD associated with increased rates of incident dementia over time in multiracial population, Latinx, non-Latinx Black individuals

Positive screens for depression or anxiety more likely for racial/ethnic minorities well into the pandemic

Overdose rate in 2020 nearly seven times higher for Black versus White men aged 65 years and older

Additionally, pandemic stressors, like unemployment, tied to infections and preterm births

Such interventions may help address known sleep health disparities, the authors say

1999 to 2019 saw increase in mortality rates for opioid-only and opioids in combination with other substances

Significant increases seen especially among rural, White, and higher-income adolescents