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. 2020 Dec;26(12):2863–2871. doi: 10.3201/eid2612.203764

Table 1. Seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare, first response, and public safety personnel, by demographic characteristics, Detroit metropolitan area, Michigan, USA, May–June 2020*.

Characteristics No. (%) % Seropositive (95% CI)
Total
16,397 (100.0)
6.9 (6.5–7.3)
Age group, y†
18–24 686 (4.2) 7.9 (6.0–10.2)
25–34 4,885 (29.8) 6.9 (6.2–7.6)
35–44 3,977 (24.3) 7.0 (6.2–7.9)
45–59 5,222 (31.9) 6.9 (6.2–7.6)
60–64 1,106 (6.8) 7.5 (6.0–9.2)
>65
521 (3.2)
3.5 (2.1–5.4)
Sex
M 5,146 (31.4) 6.7 (6.0–10.2)
F
11,251 (68.6)
7.0 (6.5–7.5)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 12,858 (78.4) 6.0 (5.6–6.4)
Non-Hispanic Black 1,200 (7.3) 16.3 (14.2–18.5)
Non-Hispanic Asian 1,097 (6.7) 7.3 (5.8–9.0)
Hispanic 440 (2.7) 6.8 (4.7–9.6)
Other‡ 404 (2.5) 7.2 (4.9–10.2)
Declined to answer
398 (2.4)
7.0 (4.7–10.0)
Distance of work agency/facility from Detroit centroid
<15 km 7,194 (43.9) 11.0 (10.3–11.7)
15–30 km 4,677 (28.5) 5.5 (4.9–6.2)
31–55 km
4,526 (27.6)
1.8 (1.4–2.2)
Exposure to persons testing positive for COVID-19§
Co-worker 6,799 (41.5) 10.0 (9.3–10.8)
Household member 519 (3.2) 34.3 (30.2–38.6)
Patient 10,389 (63.4) 7.8 (7.3–8.3)
Other person
2,709 (16.5)
11.5 (10.3–12.7)
Housing
Multi-unit 1,762 (10.8) 8.4 (7.2–9.8)
Single family 14,634 (89.3) 6.7 (6.3–7.11)

*COVID-19, coronavirus disease; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
†Test for trend in seropositivity statistically significant at α = 0.05.
‡Other race/ethnicity includes non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native, and participants who indicated other race.
§Categories are not mutually exclusive.