Table. Sociodemographic and neighborhood characteristics associated with increased prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in laboring women, Georgia, USA*.
Demographics | No. patients, N = 1,882 | Total tested positive | Prevalence, % (95% CI)† | p value |
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Patient | ||||
Age, y | 0.34 | |||
<20 | 108 | 7 | 6.5 (1.8–11.12) | |
20–35 | 1,393 | 57 | 4.1 (3.1–5.1) | |
>35 | 381 | 13 | 3.4 (1.6–5.2) | |
Race/ethnicity | <0.001 | |||
Non-Hispanic Black | 1,353 | 52 | 3.8 (2.8–4.9) | |
Non-Hispanic White | 226 | 0 | 0 | |
Hispanic | 139 | 22 | 15.8 (9.8–21.9) | |
Asian/other | 164 | 3 | 1.8 (−0.2 to 3.9) | |
Insurance type | <0.001 | |||
Commercial | 698 | 11 | 1.6 (0.7–2.5) | |
Medicaid/Medicare | 1,015 | 49 | 4.8 (3.5–6.1) | |
Uninsured |
169 |
17 |
10.1 (5.5–14.6) |
|
Neighborhood† | ||||
Median household income | 0.06 | |||
Lower average income | 934 | 47 | 5.0 (3.6–6.4) | |
Higher average income | 939 | 30 | 3.2 (2.1–4.3) | |
Below federal poverty limit | 0.20 | |||
Lower poverty | 924 | 32 | 3.5 (2.3–4.6) | |
Higher poverty | 949 | 45 | 4.7 (3.4–6.1) | |
Use of public transit | 0.25 | |||
Less transit use | 950 | 34 | 3.6 (2.4–4.8) | |
More transit use | 923 | 43 | 4.7 (3.3–6.0) | |
Proportion non-White | 0.73 | |||
Lower percent minority | 944 | 37 | 3.9 (2.7–5.2) | |
Greater percent minority | 929 | 40 | 4.3 (3.0–5.6) | |
Household crowding | 0.02 | |||
Small household size | 944 | 49 | 5.2 (3.8–6.6) | |
Large household size | 929 | 28 | 3.0 (1.9–4.1) | |
Neighborhood density | 0.03 | |||
Less dense | 911 | 28 | 3.1 (2.0–4.2) | |
More dense | 958 | 49 | 5.1 (3.7–6.5) | |
Neighborhood deprivation index | 0.64 | |||
Less deprived | 935 | 36 | 3.9 (2.6–5.1) | |
More deprived | 938 | 41 | 4.4 (3.1–5.7) |
*Lower/less/small categories indicate <50th percentile; higher/more/large categories indicate >50th percentile. IQR, interquartile range; NDI, neighborhood deprivation index; Pr., proportion. †Prevalence is for entire cohort. Nine women provided out-of-state zip codes and were excluded from the neighborhood analysis; all 9 tested negative.