Open AccessAssociation of Social and Demographic Factors With COVID-19 Incidence and Death Rates in the US
Author(s) -
Monita Karmakar,
Paula M. Lantz,
Renuka Tipirneni
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jama network open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2574-3805
DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.36462
Subject(s) - demography , socioeconomic status , incidence (geometry) , medicine , rate ratio , ethnic group , social vulnerability , negative binomial distribution , mortality rate , gerontology , environmental health , statistics , population , psychological intervention , mathematics , geometry , psychiatry , sociology , anthropology , poisson distribution
Key Points Question Are population-level social factors associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidence and mortality? Findings In this cross-sectional study including 4 289 283 COVID-19 cases and 147 074 COVID-19 deaths, county-level sociodemographic risk factors as assessed by the Social Vulnerability Index were associated with greater COVID-19 incidence and mortality. Meaning These findings suggest that to address inequities in the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic, these sociodemographic risk factors and their root causes must be addressed.
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