Table 1.
Cases | Populationa | IR | IRR | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual-level characteristics | |||||
Total | 80 | 1,789,655 | 4.47 | — | — |
Age, years | |||||
30–59 | 42 | 1,314,155 | 3.20 | Reference | |
60–99 | 38 | 475,500 | 7.99 | 2.50 | <0.01b |
Sex | |||||
Male | 32 | 860,515 | 3.72 | Reference | |
Female | 48 | 929,140 | 5.17 | 1.39 | 0.49 |
Area-level characteristics | |||||
Proportion in povertyc | |||||
<10% | 44 | 1,113,135 | 3.95 | Reference | |
10–24% | 27 | 544,315 | 4.96 | 1.25 | 0.45 |
≥25% | 9 | 132,205 | 6.81 | 1.72 | 0.04b |
Proportion of minoritiesd | |||||
<25% | 40 | 1,036,470 | 3.86 | Reference | |
25–49% | 22 | 487,235 | 4.52 | 1.17 | 0.68 |
≥50% | 18 | 265,950 | 6.77 | 1.75 | <0.01b |
Proportion with some college | |||||
<50% | 59 | 1,367,710 | 4.31 | Reference | |
≥50% | 21 | 421,945 | 4.98 | 1.15 | 0.62 |
Proportion unemployed | |||||
<5% | 30 | 777,400 | 3.86 | Reference | |
≥5% | 50 | 1,012,255 | 4.94 | 1.27 | 0.33 |
Population counts for 21 zip-codes within New Haven County from the ACS Demographic and Housing Estimates.
p-Value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Based on the United States federal poverty line.
Black or Hispanic.
IR per 100,000 population (5-year average from 2007 to 2011).
ACS, American Community Survey; IR, incidence rate; IRR, incidence rate ratio.