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Table 1 Multivariable weekly case and death rate relative risks

From: Identifying US County-level characteristics associated with high COVID-19 burden

Variable

Multivariable Weekly Case Rate Relative Riska,b,c

Spring

Summer

Fall

Metro, > 1 million people

Ref

Ref

Ref

Metro/Near Metro, < 1 million people

0.84 (0.79, 0.88)

0.92 (0.88, 0.95)

1.04 (1.00, 1.07)

Nonmetro, < 20,000 people

0.82 (0.75, 0.90)

0.75 (0.71, 0.80)

1.02 (0.98, 1.07)

Non-White (%)

1.52 (1.46, 1.58)

1.04 (1.01, 1.06)

0.94 (0.92, 0.96)

White/non-White Segregation

1.06 (1.02, 1.09)

1.05 (1.02, 1.07)

1.02 (1.00, 1.04)

Socioeconomic Disadvantage

1.28 (1.23, 1.33)

1.26 (1.22, 1.29)

1.09 (1.06, 1.11)

Comorbidities

1.00 (0.96, 1.04)

1.06 (1.03, 1.09)

1.08 (1.06, 1.11)

 

Multivariable Weekly Death Rate Relative Riska,b,c

Metro, > 1 million people

Ref

Ref

Ref

Metro/Near Metro, < 1 million people

0.74 (0.69, 0.79)

0.88 (0.83, 0.93)

1.40 (1.32, 1.47)

Nonmetro, < 20,000 people

0.76 (0.69, 0.85)

0.77 (0.70, 0.83)

1.78 (1.66, 1.91)

Non-White (%)

1.87 (1.79, 1.95)

1.02 (0.98, 1.05)

0.82 (0.80, 0.85)

White/non-White Segregation

1.12 (1.07, 1.16)

1.05 (1.01, 1.09)

1.03 (1.00, 1.06)

Socioeconomic Disadvantage

1.15 (1.10, 1.21)

1.44 (1.38, 1.49)

1.07 (1.03, 1.11)

Comorbidities

1.15 (1.09, 1.20)

1.23 (1.17, 1.28)

1.21 (1.16, 1.25)

  1. aParentheses indicate 95% confidence intervals
  2. bBold indicates confidence interval does not contain 1
  3. cRelative risks are for a one standard deviation increase in a variable, except for the metro/nonmetro categorical variable