Spatial statistical analysis of pre-existing mortalities of 20 diseases with COVID-19 mortalities in the continental United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the United States is among the countries with the highest mortalities of COVID-19, inadequate geospatial studies have analyzed the disease mortalities across the nation.

Methods

In this county-level study, we investigated age-adjusted co-mortalities of 20 diseases, including cardiovascular, cancer, drug and alcohol disorder, respiratory and infectious diseases with COVID-19 over the first ten months of epidemic. One-way analysis of variance was applied to the Local Moran's I classes (High-High and Low-Low clusters, and non-significant counties of COVID-19) to examine whether the mean mortality measures of covariates that fall into the classes are significantly different. Moreover, a mixed-effects multinomial logistic regression model was employed t

SUBMITTER: Mollalo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7843116 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature