Skip to main content
. 2022 Dec 14;22:2346. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14779-1

Table 3.

Mixed-effects negative binomial regression models of county-level COVID-19 fatality (periods 1 & 2)

Period 1 Period 2
Factors Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) IRR (95% CI)
Concentrated disadvantage 1.185(1.119,1.255) ** 1.188(1.121, 1.258) ** 1.156(1.117,1.197) ** 1.166(1.126,1.206) **
Log (PC) 0.93(0.812,1.065) 0.908(0.791, 1.044) 0.878(0.812,0.951) ** 0.852(0.786,0.923) **
Concentrated disadvantage * Log (PC) 1.142(0.958, 1.361) 1.267(1.141,1.406) **
Log (Spatially lagged fatality) 2.519(2.2,2.884) ** 2.526(2.207, 2.892) ** 2.799(2.467,3.176) ** 2.795(2.464,3.169) **
Log (population density) 1.089(1.03,1.152) ** 1.094(1.034, 1.157) ** 1.026(0.992,1.06) 1.031(0.997,1.066)
% of population aged 65 + 1.039(1.033,1.046) ** 1.039(1.033, 1.045) ** 1.035(1.032,1.039) ** 1.035(1.031,1.038) **
% of no health insurance 1(0.993,1.007) 1.000(0.993, 1.007) 1.008(1.004,1.013) ** 1.008(1.004,1.012) **
% of black or African Americans 1.004(1.002,1.006) ** 1.004(1.002, 1.006) ** 1.002(1,1.003) ** 1.002(1,1.003) *
% of workers 16 years and over who commute by public transportation 1.008(0.998,1.018) 1.008(0.998, 1.018) 1.005(0.999,1.011) 1.005(0.999,1.011)
ICU beds per 100,000 population 1(0.999,1.001) 1(0.999, 1.001) 1(1,1.001) 1(1,1.001)
CBSA (Non-CBSA)
 Micro 0.963(0.9,1.03) 0.961(0.898, 1.028) 0.961(0.924,1) * 0.958(0.921,0.996) *
 Metro 0.968(0.906,1.034) 0.965(0.903, 1.031) 0.95(0.914,0.987) ** 0.946(0.91,0.983) **
Region (Northeast)
 Midwest 0.616(0.511,0.742) ** 0.614(0.510, 0.740) ** 0.889(0.788,1.003) 0.884(0.784,0.997) *
 South 0.644(0.539,0.769) ** 0.645(0.540, 0.770) ** 0.822(0.731,0.923) ** 0.824(0.734,0.925) **
 West 0.62(0.507,0.758) ** 0.619(0.507, 0.757) ** 0.792(0.696,0.901) ** 0.79(0.694,0.899) **

IRR Incidence rate ratio, PC Place connectivity 2019, CI Confidence interval

*: p < 0.05

**: p < 0.001