Factors Associated with COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization and Death in New York City Neighborhoods.

ABSTRACT: Background: A key to an effective Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Community Intervention is to understand populations who are most vulnerable to it. We aimed at evaluating characteristics of New York City communities where rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases were particularly high. Methods: The study outcomes - neighborhood-specific confirmed COVID-19 cases, positive tests, and COVID-19 attributable deaths were calculated using data extracted from the New York City government health website, which were linked to results from Community Health Survey. Distributions of study outcomes across New York City community districts and their associations with neighborhood characteristics were examined using Jonckheere-Terpstra tests. Results: As of May 21, 2010, rates of confirmed case

SUBMITTER: Gu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9120001 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature