The geography of COVID-19 vaccine completion by age in North Carolina, U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geographic variation in COVID-19 vaccination can create areas at higher risk of infection, complications, and death, exacerbating health inequalities. This ecological study examined geographic patterns of COVID-19 vaccine completion, using age and sociodemographic characteristics as possible explanatory mechanisms.

Methods and findings

Using 2020-2022 data from the North Carolina COVID-19 Vaccination Management System and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, at the Zip code-level, we evaluated completion of the primary COVID-19 vaccine series across age groups. We examined geographic clustering of age-specific completion by Zip code and evaluated similarity of the age-specific geographic patterns. Using unadjusted and adjusted spatial autoregressive model

SUBMITTER: Sandborn H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11315330 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature