Table 2.

Experiences of COVID-19 among older New Yorkers

	Total		White		Black		Latinx		Another race		P-value
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Have you ever been tested for coronavirus?
Yes	410	62.6	204	58.4	99	63	61	73	36	57.8	0.13
No	265	37.4	150	41.6	61	37	21	27	28	42.2
Have you ever had a COVID-19 test that was positive?
Yes	45	12.4	14	8	10	7.4	16	24.2	5	17.1	<0.01
No	365	87.6	190	92	89	92.6	45	75.8	31	82.9
How many people do you personally know who have tested positive?
0	224	37.1	109	31.3	50	36.6	37	47.7	21	42.1	0.05
1–2	160	25.8	85	26.8	45	34.5	13	15.3	16	30.1
3–4	90	14.7	59	19.1	15	10.5	10	13.8	4	5.6
5 or more	138	22.5	77	22.7	29	18.4	15	23.2	14	22.2
How many people do you personally know that have died from COVID?
0	330	50.2	193	54.5	67	49.2	32	42.6	30	46.8	0.03
1–2	184	28.6	105	31.4	41	26.8	22	29.2	13	16.7
3–4	66	10.5	31	8.6	18	10.7	10	13.9	6	14.1
5 or more	59	10.7	17	5.5	22	13.4	10	14.4	10	22.4
Computer access
Owns a computer or mobile device	527	77.6	298	83.7	121	77.7	50	67.8	46	71.4	0.03
Does not own a computer or mobile device	141	22.4	55	16.3	38	22.3	29	32.2	16	28.6
Internet access
Has internet access	486	77.7	278	84.3	114	75.6	47	73.7	37	63.7	0.01
No internet access	133	22.3	53	15.7	38	24.4	23	26.3	17	36.3
Telehealth appointment with a doctor or nurse within the past 3 months
Yes	285	44.3	128	35.3	78	53.8	40	50.6	32	44.9	0.01
No	389	55.7	224	64.7	82	46.2	42	49.4	33	55.1
Since COVID started have you received food from a food pantry?
Yes	205	30.8	62	17.6	77	42.5	37	43.1	24	34.8	<0.0001
No	469	69.2	292	82.4	83	57.5	45	56.9	39	65.2