Table 6.

Sensitivity analysis—relationship between structural racism and Black-White disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates across 45 states based on three different databases

Database	Unadjusted coefficient for Black State Racism Index (95% CI)
Average of all three	− 3.15* (− 1.27 to − 5.03)
Kaiser Family Foundation	− 3.39* (− 1.22 to − 5.56)
American Public Media	− 2.64* (− 0.63 to − 4.65)
Bloomberg	− 2.96* (− 0.95 to − 4.98)

^*Indicates coefficient is significant at the p < 0.05 level. Significant findings are shown in bold type

Regression coefficients represent the change in the absolute percentage point difference between the Black and White vaccination rates for each one standard deviation increase in the Black state racism index