Spatial and temporal trends in social vulnerability and COVID-19 incidence and death rates in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Socially vulnerable communities may be at higher risk for COVID-19 outbreaks in the US. However, no prior studies examined temporal trends and differential effects of social vulnerability on COVID-19 incidence and death rates. Therefore, we examined temporal trends among counties with high and low social vulnerability to quantify disparities in trends over time.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal analysis examining COVID-19 incidence and death rates from March 15 to December 31, 2020, for each US county using data from USAFacts. We classified counties using the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI), a percentile-based measure from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with higher values indicating more vulnerability. Using a Bayesian hierarchical negative bi

SUBMITTER: Neelon B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7990180 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature