County-level societal predictors of COVID-19 cases and deaths changed through time in the United States: A longitudinal ecological study.

ABSTRACT: People of different racial/ethnic backgrounds, demographics, health, and socioeconomic characteristics have experienced disproportionate rates of infection and death due to COVID-19. This study tests if and how county-level rates of infection and death have changed in relation to societal county characteristics through time as the pandemic progressed. This longitudinal study sampled monthly county-level COVID-19 case and death data per 100,000 residents from April 2020 to March 2022, and studied the relationships of these variables with racial/ethnic, demographic, health, and socioeconomic characteristics for 3125 or 97.0% of U.S. counties, accounting for 96.4% of the U.S. population. The association of all county-level characteristics with COVID-19 case and death rates changed significant

SUBMITTER: Bergmann PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022229 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature