Association between Racial Residential Segregation and COVID-19 Mortality-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Association between Racial Residential Segregation and COVID-19 Mortality

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Neupane Suresh Nath¹^ORCID,Ruel Erin²

Affiliation:

1. Georgia State University Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

2. Georgia State University

Abstract

Abstract This study investigates the impact of racial residential segregation on COVID-19 mortality during the first year of the U.S. epidemic. Data comes from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation health rankings project. The observation includes a record of 8,670,781 individuals in 1,488 counties. We modeled COVID-19 deaths using hierarchical logistic regression models as a function of individual and county-level predictors. Results showed that as racial residential segregation increased, mortality rates increased, however, this varied by individual-level race. Controlling for segregation, Blacks and Asians had a greater risk of mortality while Hispanics and other racial groups had a lower risk com mortality compared to Whites. The impact of racial residential segregation on COVID-19 mortality did not vary by racial group.

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Research Square Platform LLC

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