Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation, racial segregation, and organ donation across 5 states.

ABSTRACT: One in 10 people die awaiting transplantation from donor shortage. Only half of Americans register as organ donors. In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated population-level associations of neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and racial segregation on organ donor registration rates. We analyzed state identification card demographic and organ donor registration data from 5 states to estimate the association between a neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation index (range [0, 1]; higher values indicate more deprivation) and a racial index of concentration at the extreme (ICE) (range [-1, 1]; lower values indicate predominantly black neighborhoods, higher values indicate predominantly white neighborhoods) on organ donor registration rates within a specified geography (census tract or ZIP c

SUBMITTER: Wadhwani SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8191504 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature