Table 5.

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

Southeast
	Florida	Louisiana	North Carolina	Virginia
	IRR [95% CI]	IRR [95% CI]	IRR [95% CI]	IRR [95% CI]
Neighborhood characteristic
Neighborhood affluence
Q1 (ref.)	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Q2	0.94 [0.88–1.02]	0.99 [0.95–1.03]	0.99 [0.96–1.03]	1.01 [0.97–1.05]
Q3	0.89* [0.8–0.99]	1.03 [0.98–1.07]	0.98 [0.94–1.03]	0.96* [0.93–1]
Q4 (highest affluence)	0.9* [0.81–1]	1.05* [1–1.11]	0.92** [0.86–0.98]	0.85*** [0.78–0.93]
Neighborhood disadvantage
Q1 (ref.)	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Q2	1.08+ [0.99–1.18]	0.99 [0.96–1.03]	1.07*** [1.03–1.11]	1.1** [1.04–1.17]
Q3	1.18** [1.07–1.31]	0.93** [0.89–0.97]	1.09*** [1.04–1.15]	1.2*** [1.1–1.32]
Q4 (highest disadvantage)	1.33*** [1.14–1.56]	0.96* [0.93–1]	1.13*** [1.08–1.18]	1.2** [1.08–1.34]
Neighborhood population density	1*** [1–1]	1 [1–1]	1* [1–1]	1+ [1–1]
Political partisanship  (% of votes cast for Republican candidates in 2018 and the six years before)	0.87* [0.78–0.97]	1.01 [0.99–1.02]	1.02+ [1–1.04]	1.04** [1.01–1.07]
Rural-urban commuting area codes
Metropolitan (ref.)	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
Micropolitan	0.92 [0.74–1.14]	0.92* [0.86–0.99]	1.02 [0.96–1.07]	1.17*** [1.08–1.26]
Small town	1.03 [0.85–1.26]	0.95 [0.84–1.07]	0.96 [0.89–1.04]	1.12* [1.03–1.22]
Rural	1.04 [0.78–1.37]	0.81*** [0.72–0.91]	0.94 [0.87–1.01]	1.05 [0.96–1.15]

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