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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 17.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 Aug 27;39(11):1984–1992. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01040

Appendix Exhibit 3.

Appendix Exhibit 3.

Proportion Black Population and Number of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths per 100,000 Population Across Massachusetts Counties

Source: Authors’ analyses of Massachusetts Department of Public Health Data 2020 and American Community Survey

Caption: Massachusetts counties include: Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worchester. Size of data points correspond to the relative county population sizes.

Data from January 1st to May 6th, 2020 from Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

a Pearson Correlation Coefficient, 0.72 (p-value = 0.004)

b Pearson Correlation Coefficient, 0.45 (p-value = 0.02)