Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

May 8, 2020

Social Determinants of COVID-19 Mortality at the County Level

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  • This study used spatial autoregressive models to identify county-level factors associated with COVID-19 mortality in the US. In all counties, population density was significantly associated with higher risk of COVID-19 mortality. In non-urban counties, the proportion of the population who did not speak English, proportion engaged in farm work, and proportion living in poverty was positively associated with COVID-19 mortality. The proportion of uninsured individuals was negatively associated with COVID-19 mortality. Mortality among the uninsured may be being systematically undercounted in county and national level surveillance. 

Fielding-Miller et al. (May 8, 2020). Social Determinants of COVID-19 Mortality at the County Level. Pre-print downloaded May 8 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.03.20089698