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

Table 3.

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

Southwest
Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma
IRR [95% CI] IRR [95% CI] IRR [95% CI]
Neighborhood characteristic
Neighborhood affluence
 Q1 (ref.) Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Q2 1.01 [0.92–1.1] 1 [0.87–1.13] 0.99 [0.94–1.05]
 Q3 0.93 [0.83–1.06] 0.86* [0.75–0.99] 1.05 [0.98–1.12]
 Q4 (highest affluence) 0.91 [0.78–1.05] 0.71*** [0.62–0.82] 1.09** [1.02–1.17]
Neighborhood disadvantage
 Q1 (ref.) Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Q2 1.09 [0.97–1.22] 1.12*** [1.05–1.2] 0.92*** [0.89–0.96]
 Q3 1.15*** [1.07–1.23] 1.25*** [1.16–1.34] 0.89*** [0.85–0.94]
 Q4 (highest disadvantage) 1.16* [1.03–1.31] 1.31*** [1.18–1.44] 0.88*** [0.82–0.95]
Neighborhood population density 1 [1–1] 1 [1–1] 1* [1–1]

Political partisanship

 (% of votes cast for Republican candidates in 2018 and the 6 years before)

1.04 [0.94–1.16] 1.06*** [1.03–1.09] 1 [0.97–1.04]
Rural-urban commuting area codes
 Metropolitan (ref.) Ref. Ref. Ref.
 Micropolitan 1.11 [0.95–1.28] 0.99 [0.93–1.06]
 Small town 0.66** [0.51–0.86] 0.97 [0.91–1.04]
 Rural 0.55*** [0.4–0.74] 0.92* [0.86–0.98]

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