Open AccessSocioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence of Bacteremic Pneumonia Among US Adults
Author(s) -
Deron C. Burton,
Brendan Flannery,
Nancy M. Bennett,
Monica M. Farley,
Ken Gershman,
Lee H. Harrison,
Ruth Lynfield,
Susan Petit,
Arthur Reingold,
William Schaffner,
Ann Thomas,
Brian D. Plikaytis,
Charles E. Rose,
Cynthia G. Whitney,
Anne Schuchat
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.181313
Subject(s) - demography , census , incidence (geometry) , medicine , poisson regression , socioeconomic status , ethnic group , population , census tract , poverty , pneumonia , american community survey , epidemiology , gerontology , geography , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics , anthropology , economics , economic growth
We examined associations between the socioeconomic characteristics of census tracts and racial/ethnic disparities in the incidence of bacteremic community-acquired pneumonia among US adults.