Table 3.

The Association Between County-Level Characteristics with Highest Quartile of COVID-19 Mortality Rates, Among Georgia Counties Since Reopening on April 24, 2020

Characteristic	Unadjusted ORa (95% CI)	pb	Adjustedc OR (95% CI)	pb	Adjustedd OR (95% CI)	pb
% NH-Black
1st quartile (0.7–14.7)	1.00 (Referent)	0.014	1.00 (Referent)	0.13	1.00 (Referent)	0.05
2nd quartile (14.8–28.0)	6.71 (0.77–58.55)	0.990	7.67 (0.77–70.99)	0.579	9.03 (0.74–110.90)	0.896
3rd quartile (28.1–38.7)	14.41 (1.76–118.10)	0.0494	10.99 (1.26–96.10)	0.107	17.72 (1.55–202.90)	0.118
4th quartile (38.7–78.0)	20.46 (2.53–165.29)	0.003	13.15 (1.40–123.80)	0.05	31.46 (2.43–408.00)	0.013
% Hispanic
1st quartile (1.4–3.1)	1.00 (Referent)	0.056	1.00 (Referent)	0.279	1.00 (Referent)	0.429
2nd quartile (3.2–5.1)	0.85 (0.32–2.26)	0.166	1.09 (0.83–3.10)	0.166	1.53 (0.46–5.04)	0.126
3rd quartile (5.2–8.5)	0.32 (0.10–1.02)	0.247	0.48 (0.14–1.64)	0.434	0.60 (0.15–2.40)	0.481
4th quartile (8.6–36.4)	0.25 (0.07–0.86)	0.097	0.39 (0.10–1.39	0.208	0.52 (0.11–2.43)	0.371
% Income <$20,000
1st quartile (8.7–19.4)	1.00 (Referent)	0.001	1.00 (Referent)	0.05	1.00 (Referent)	0.05
2nd quartile (19.5–27.0)	3.92 (0.76–20.23)	0.844	4.82 (0.84–27.55)	0.308	2.58 (0.35–18.96)	0.292
3rd quartile (27.1–32.1)	3.27 (0.62–17.28)	0.787	2.56 (0.46–14.30)	0.633	0.77 (0.10–5.99)	0.161
4th quartile (32.2–47.8)	13.67 (2.89–64.74)	<0.0001	7.67 (1.52–38.67)	0.014	2.87 (0.38–21.57)	0.185

Presented as ORs and 95% CIs, estimated using binary logistic regression.

^aOR estimate the odds of being in the highest quartile for COVID-19 mortality rate.

^bSignificance determined using Wald Chi-square from logistic regression.

^cAdjusted for the reciprocal (income or race) variable.

^dAdjusted form the reciprocal (income or NH-Black proportion) variable and, age, obesity, and rurality.

ORs, Odds ratios.