Community-Level Factors Associated With Racial And Ethnic Disparities In COVID-19 Rates In Massachusetts.

ABSTRACT: Massachusetts has one of the highest cumulative incidence rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the US. Understanding which specific demographic, economic, and occupational factors have contributed to disparities in COVID-19 incidence rates across the state is critical to informing public health strategies. We performed a cross-sectional study of 351 Massachusetts cities and towns from January 1 to May 6, 2020, and found that a 10-percentage-point increase in the Black non-Latino population was associated with an increase of 312.3 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population, whereas a 10-percentage-point increase in the Latino population was associated with an increase of 258.2 cases per 100,000. Independent predictors of higher COVID-19 rates included the proportion of foreign-b

SUBMITTER: Figueroa JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8928571 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature