Table 3.
Unadjusted and adjusted odds of COVID-19 testing, infection, and primary care use among people registered for MSP who hold citizenship, permanent residency, and temporary status in British Columbia, January 2020 to July 2021, odds ratio (95% CI)
| Had one or more SARS-CoV-2 tests | Had one or more SARS-CoV-2 positive results | Had one or more COVID-19 primary care visits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
| Immigration group (reference is people who hold citizenship) | ||||||
| Permanent residency | 0.90 (0.89, 0.90) | 0.71 (0.70, 0.71) | 1.93 (1.90, 1.95) | 1.38 (1.36, 1.39) | 1.20 (1.18, 1.21) | 0.97 (0.96, 0.98) |
| Temporary status | 0.81 (0.80, 0.82) | 0.53 (0.53, 0.54) | 2.34 (2.30, 2.39) | 1.42 (1.39, 1.45) | 0.58 (0.56, 0.59) | 0.50 (0.49, 0.52) |
| Administrative sex (reference is F) | ||||||
| M | 0.83 (0.83, 0.84) | 0.82 (0.82, 0.83) | 1.06 (1.05, 1.07) | 1.06 (1.05, 1.07) | 0.71 (0.71, 0.72) | 0.72 (0.71, 0.72) |
| Age group (reference is 0–19) | ||||||
| 20–39 | 1.47 (1.46, 1.48) | 1.61 (1.60, 1.62) | 1.65 (1.62, 1.67) | 1.48 (1.46, 1.51) | 1.51 (1.49, 1.53) | 1.57 (1.55, 1.60) |
| 40–59 | 1.07 (1.06, 1.08) | 1.12 (1.11, 1.13) | 1.23 (1.21, 1.25) | 1.17 (1.15, 1.19) | 1.69 (1.67, 1.72) | 1.68 (1.66, 1.71) |
| 60 + | 0.72 (0.72, 0.73) | 0.74 (0.73, 0.74) | 0.67 (0.66, 0.68) | 0.72 (0.71, 0.74) | 1.38 (1.36, 1.40) | 1.40 (1.38, 1.42) |
| Neighbourhood income quintile (reference is highest) | ||||||
| Lowest | 0.99 (0.98, 0.99) | 0.97 (0.97, 0.98) | 1.49 (1.46, 1.51) | 1.33 (1.31, 1.36) | 0.98 (0.97, 1.00) | 0.98 (0.97, 0.99) |
| 2nd | 1.02 (1.02, 1.03) | 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) | 1.51 (1.48, 1.54) | 1.33 (1.31, 1.36) | 1.06 (1.05, 1.08) | 1.05 (1.03, 1.06) |
| Middle | 1.04 (1.03, 1.04) | 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) | 1.33 (1.31, 1.36) | 1.19 (1.16, 1.21) | 1.08 (1.07, 1.10) | 1.06 (1.04, 1.07) |
| 4th | 1.09 (1.08, 1.09) | 1.01 (1.00, 1.02) | 1.17 (1.15, 1.20) | 1.03 (1.01, 1.05) | 1.03 (1.02, 1.05) | 0.99 (0.98, 1.00) |
| Missing | 0.53 (0.52, 0.54) | 0.96 (0.94, 0.98) | 0.83 (0.79, 0.87) | 1.49 (1.41, 1.57) | 0.57 (0.55, 0.60) | 0.86 (0.82, 0.90) |
| Rurality (reference is metropolitan) | ||||||
| Small urban | 0.75 (0.75, 0.75) | 0.96 (0.96, 0.97) | 0.46 (0.46, 0.47) | 0.77 (0.75, 0.79) | 0.76 (0.75, 0.77) | 1.06 (1.05, 1.08) |
| Rural | 0.62 (0.61, 0.62) | 0.81 (0.80, 0.81) | 0.40 (0.39, 0.41) | 0.68 (0.66, 0.70) | 0.94 (0.93, 0.95) | 1.41 (1.39, 1.43) |
| Missing | 0.18 (0.17, 0.18) | 0.92 (0.86, 0.97) | 0.16 (0.14, 0.18) | 0.56 (0.47, 0.66) | 0.26 (0.24, 0.29) | 1.17 (1.04, 1.32) |
| Health authority (reference is Vancouver Coastal) | ||||||
| Interior | 0.83 (0.83, 0.84) | 0.86 (0.85, 0.87) | 0.61 (0.59, 0.62) | 0.86 (0.84, 0.88) | 0.63 (0.62, 0.64) | 0.54 (0.53, 0.55) |
| Fraser | 1.30 (1.30, 1.31) | 1.28 (1.28, 1.29) | 1.70 (1.68, 1.73) | 1.74 (1.72, 1.76) | 1.18 (1.17, 1.20) | 1.21 (1.20, 1.22) |
| Island | 0.73 (0.73, 0.73) | 0.72 (0.72, 0.73) | 0.23 (0.22, 0.24) | 0.30 (0.29, 0.31) | 0.68 (0.67, 0.69) | 0.63 (0.62, 0.64) |
| Northern | 0.62 (0.62, 0.63) | 0.62 (0.61, 0.62) | 0.89 (0.86, 0.91) | 1.32 (1.28, 1.37) | 1.00 (0.98, 1.02) | 0.86 (0.85, 0.88) |
| Missing | 0.10 (0.10, 0.11) | 0.12 (0.11, 0.13) | 0.10 (0.08, 0.12) | 0.16 (0.12, 0.20) | 0.16 (0.15, 0.18) | 0.20 (0.17, 0.24) |