Time varying association between deprivation, ethnicity and SARS-CoV-2 infections in England: a space-time study.

ABSTRACT: Ethnically diverse and socio-economically deprived communities have been differentially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Using a multilevel regression model we assess the time-varying association between SARS-CoV-2 infections and areal level deprivation and ethnicity. We separately consider weekly test positivity rate (number of positive tests over the total number of tests) and estimated unbiased prevalence (proportion of individuals in the population who would test positive) at the Lower Tier Local Authority (LTLA) level. The model also adjusts for age, urbanicity, vaccine uptake and spatio-temporal correlation structure. Comparing the least deprived and predominantly White areas with most deprived and predominantly non-White areas over the whole study period, the weekly posi

SUBMITTER: Padellini T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8597886 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature