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. 2024 Mar 1;4:36. doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00459-1

Table 2.

Results of the univariate regression results estimating the association between each neighborhood factor and neighborhood COVID-19 burden for the Northeastern United States

Northeast
Delaware Maine Maryland New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont
IRR [95% CI] IRR [95% CI] IRR [95% CI] IRR [95% CI] IRR [95% CI] IRR [95% CI] IRR [95% CI]
Neighborhood characteristic
Neighborhood affluence
 Q1 (ref.) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Q2 0.98 [0.91–1.06] 0.96 [0.86–1.06] 0.96 [0.89–1.03] 1 [0.97–1.04] 0.94 [0.85–1.04] 0.86*** [0.8–0.93] 1.67 [0.83–3.38]
 Q3 0.95 [0.89–1.02] 0.91* [0.83–1] 0.92+ [0.84–1.01] 1.04 [0.97–1.11] 0.99 [0.91–1.08] 0.76*** [0.69–0.83] 1.39 [0.71–2.71]
 Q4 (highest affluence) 0.9* [0.83–0.98] 0.77*** [0.7–0.85] 0.83*** [0.78–0.89] 1.04 [0.96–1.12] 0.87** [0.8–0.95] 0.7*** [0.65–0.76] 0.63 [0.23–1.72]
Neighborhood disadvantage
 Q1 (ref.) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Q2 0.97 [0.93–1.02] 1.1+ [1–1.21] 1.12*** [1.05–1.19] 0.99 [0.9–1.07] 1.09*** [1.04–1.15] 1.03 [0.95–1.12] 1.86 [0.7–4.92]
 Q3 1.02 [0.98–1.06] 1.16** [1.05–1.29] 1.21*** [1.1–1.32] 0.97 [0.88–1.06] 1.11** [1.04–1.18] 1.09*** [1.05–1.14] 2.53+ [0.89–7.14]
 Q4 (highest disadvantage) 1.12*** [1.09–1.15] 1.23*** [1.13–1.35] 1.26*** [1.19–1.33] 0.96 [0.87–1.05] 1.16*** [1.08–1.24] 1.27*** [1.21–1.34] 2.86* [1.02–7.98]
Neighborhood population density 1 [1–1] 1 [1–1] 1+ [1–1] 1 [1–1] 1 [1–1] 1*** [1–1] 1 [1–1]
Political partisanship (10% increase in votes cast for Republican candidates in 2018 and the six years before) 1.03*** [1.03–1.04] 1.12*** [1.08–1.17] 0.98 [0.96–1] 1.01 [0.99–1.03] 1.01 [0.99–1.03] 0.81+ [0.64–1.02] 0.71 [0.33–1.55]
Rural-urban commuting area codes
 Metropolitan (ref.) Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Micropolitan 1.03 [0.98–1.08] 1.04 [0.92–1.19] 1.04 [0.83–1.29] 0.92** [0.86–0.98] 1.04 [0.95–1.14] 1 [1–1] 2.54 [0.65–9.89]
 Small town 1.14*** [1.1–1.19] 1.05 [0.91–1.2] 1.01 [0.82–1.24] 0.85*** [0.[0.79–0.92] 0.89* [0.81–0.98] 1 [1–1] 2.29 [0.58–9.1]
 Rural 1 [1–1] 1.01 [0.9–1.13] 0.98 [0.78–1.23] 0.76*** [0.7–0.81] 0.92* [0.85–0.99] 0.41*** [0.36–0.47] 1.74 [0.46–6.66]

+p < 0.10, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.