Open AccessSocio-Economic Factors Affecting the Regional Spread and Out-break of COVID-19 in China
Author(s) -
Lei Yang,
Cuifang Qi,
Zixuan Yang,
Li Shang,
Gongnan Xie,
Ruiqi Wang,
Landi Sun,
Mengmeng Xu,
Wenfang Yang,
Mei Chung
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iranian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.452
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2251-6093
pISSN - 2251-6085
DOI - 10.18502/ijph.v50i7.6620
Subject(s) - outbreak , cluster (spacecraft) , china , covid-19 , demography , geography , stage (stratigraphy) , population , socioeconomics , medicine , disease , biology , economics , virology , paleontology , archaeology , pathology , sociology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
Background: This study investigated the impact of socio-economic factors on the spread and outbreak of COVID-19 based on Chinese data.
Methods: Cumulative confirmed cases were collected and divided into the First-stage cases cluster dominated by imported cases, and the Second-stage cases cluster dominated by secondary cases, according to the time of emergency state and Wuhan city lockdown. The linear regression was used for data analysis.
Results: A total of 12,877 cases in 30 provinces were analyzed in the study. The First-stage cases cluster included 675 cases and Second-stage cases cluster included 12,202 cases. The socio-economic factors were significantly associated with the cases (P 0, P 0, P<0.05).
Conclusion: Socio-economic factors had impacts on the spread and outbreak of COVID-19. The combination of different socio-economic indicators at different stages of the epidemic may help control the epidemic.