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.