COVID-19 distributes socially in China: A Bayesian spatial analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic increasingly threatens the public health security worldwide. We aimed to identify high-risk areas of COVID-19 and understand how socioeconomic factors are associated with the spatial distribution of COVID-19 in China, which may help other countries control the epidemic.

Methods

We analyzed the data of COVID-19 cases from 30 provinces in mainland China (outside of Hubei) from 16 January 2020 to 31 March 2020, considering the data of demographic, economic, health, and transportation factors. Global autocorrelation analysis and Bayesian spatial models were used to present the spatial pattern of COVID-19 and explore the relationship between COVID-19 risk and various factors.

Results

Global Moran's I statisti

SUBMITTER: Peng D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020730 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature