Table 1.
Characteristics of Communities, Households and SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology COVID Cohort
| Total | 18–49 years | 50–59 years | 60+ years | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Total | 6740 | 100.0 | 4922 | 73.0 | 792 | 11.8 | 1026 | 15.2 |
| Age (median, IQR) | 37 (29, 51) | 33 (27, 39) | 54 (51, 57) | 66 (63, 71) | ||||
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 3043 | 45.1 | 2253 | 45.8 | 370 | 46.7 | 420 | 40.9 |
| Female | 3526 | 52.3 | 2511 | 51.0 | 412 | 52.0 | 603 | 58.8 |
| Transgender/non-binary | 171 | 2.5 | 158 | 3.2 | 10 | 1.3 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 1308 | 19.4 | 1134 | 23.0 | 99 | 12.5 | 75 | 7.3 |
| Black, non-Hispanic (NH) | 899 | 13.3 | 755 | 15.3 | 90 | 11.4 | 54 | 5.3 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander, NH | 465 | 6.9 | 424 | 8.6 | 19 | 2.4 | 22 | 2.1 |
| White, NH | 3846 | 57.1 | 2440 | 49.6 | 559 | 70.6 | 847 | 82.6 |
| Other | 222 | 3.3 | 169 | 3.4 | 25 | 3.2 | 28 | 2.7 |
| Employment | ||||||||
| Employed | 4226 | 62.7 | 3365 | 68.4 | 524 | 66.2 | 337 | 32.8 |
| Out of work | 881 | 13.1 | 686 | 13.9 | 128 | 16.2 | 67 | 6.5 |
| Homemaker | 355 | 5.3 | 280 | 5.7 | 51 | 6.4 | 24 | 2.3 |
| Student | 582 | 8.6 | 570 | 11.6 | 10 | 1.3 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Retired | 696 | 10.3 | 21 | 0.4 | 79 | 10.0 | 596 | 58.1 |
| Income | ||||||||
| <$50 000 | 2804 | 41.6 | 2163 | 43.9 | 277 | 35.0 | 364 | 35.5 |
| $50 000 to $99 999 | 2080 | 30.9 | 1501 | 30.5 | 235 | 29.7 | 344 | 33.5 |
| ≥$100 000 | 1856 | 27.5 | 1258 | 25.6 | 280 | 35.4 | 318 | 31.0 |
| Region | ||||||||
| Midwest | 1138 | 16.9 | 816 | 16.6 | 136 | 17.2 | 186 | 18.1 |
| Northeast | 1894 | 28.1 | 1345 | 27.3 | 251 | 31.7 | 298 | 29.0 |
| South | 2063 | 30.6 | 1545 | 31.4 | 226 | 28.5 | 292 | 28.5 |
| West | 1637 | 24.3 | 1213 | 24.6 | 178 | 22.5 | 246 | 24.0 |
| US dependent | 8 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.4 |
| Urban | 2910 | 43.2 | 2239 | 45.5 | 316 | 39.9 | 355 | 34.6 |
| High risk for severe COVID-19* | 3853 | 57.2 | 2355 | 47.8 | 472 | 59.6 | 1026 | 100.0 |
| Any underlying health condition† | 2630 | 39.0 | 1549 | 31.5 | 411 | 51.9 | 670 | 65.3 |
| Smoker‡ | 1190 | 17.7 | 973 | 19.8 | 120 | 15.2 | 97 | 9.5 |
| Essential worker | 1248 | 18.5 | 1003 | 20.4 | 144 | 18.2 | 101 | 9.8 |
| All healthcare workers (HCW) | 796 | 12.0 | 679 | 14.0 | 71 | 9.0 | 46 | 4.5 |
| HCW who screens or cares for patients with COVID-19 | 396 | 49.7 | 350 | 51.5 | 32 | 45.0 | 14 | 30.4 |
| Law enforcement | 33 | 0.5 | 23 | 0.5 | 8 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Emergency response | 23 | 0.3 | 19 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Delivery (eg, food) | 105 | 1.6 | 99 | 2.0 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Transportation (eg, taxi or airline) | 65 | 1.0 | 41 | 0.8 | 15 | 1.9 | 9 | 0.9 |
*High risk for severe illness included people aged 60 years or older or reporting any underlying health condition, daily smoking or screening or providing care for patients with COVID-19.
†Any underlying health condition include people who reported chronic lung disease, asthma (current), type 2 diabetes, serious heart conditions, kidney disease, HIV or immunocompromised.
‡People who report they smoke cigarettes or e-cigarettes daily.