Time varying association between deprivation, ethnicity and SARS-CoV-2 infections in England: A population-based ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethnically diverse and socio-economically deprived communities have been differentially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.

Method

Using a multilevel regression model we assessed the time-varying association between SARS-CoV-2 infections and areal level deprivation and ethnicity from 1st of June 2020 to the 19th of September 2021. We separately considered weekly test positivity rate and estimated debiased prevalence at the Lower Tier Local Authority (LTLA) level, adjusting for confounders and spatio-temporal correlation structure.

Findings

Comparing the least deprived and predominantly White areas with most deprived and predominantly non-White areas over the whole study period, the weekly positivity rate increases from 2·977% (95% CrI 2.913%-3.029%

SUBMITTER: Padellini T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842105 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature