Racial, Economic, and Health Inequality and COVID-19 Infection in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is preliminary evidence of racial and social economic disparities in the population infected by and dying from COVID-19. The goal of this study is to report the associations of COVID-19 with respect to race, health, and economic inequality in the United States.

Methods

We performed an ecological study of the associations between infection and mortality rate of COVID-19 and demographic, socioeconomic, and mobility variables from 369 counties (total population, 102,178,117 [median, 73,447; IQR, 30,761-256,098]) from the seven most affected states (Michigan, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, Louisiana, Massachusetts).

Results

The risk factors for infection and mortality are different. Our analysis shows that counties with more diverse demog

SUBMITTER: Abedi V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7462354 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature