Black, Hispanic and Asian residents have much higher COVID death rates after adjusting for age.

Crude versus Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates by Race and Ethnicity per 100,000 people in Massachusetts as of August 11th, 2020

To estimate age-adjusted death rates, age-specific death rates were multiplied by age-specific population shares for each racial/ethnic group, resulting in an "expected death rate." Standard mortality ratios were calculated by dividing crude death rates by expected mortality rates for each racial/ethnic group. These ratios were multiplied by the overall crude death rate for Massachusetts, resulting in an indirect adjusted death rate for COVID-19 by race. This methodology was adapted from APM Research Labs.