Table 2 Least Squares Regression of Negative SARS COV-2 Tests Per Million Population and Percent Trump Vote by Hypothesized Predictors of COVID-19 Mortality, 217 U.S. Counties, April 2021
From: Association of COVID-19 mortality with politics and on-demand testing in 217 U.S. counties
Log (Negative Tests/million population) (95% C.I.) | Percent Trump Vote (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
Percent Trump vote | −.006 (−.016, .004) | |
Log (population/square kilometer) | −.120 (−.012, .252) | − 3.89 (− 5.560,− 2.220) |
Average persons per household | −.345 (− 1.207, .489) | − 14.298 (− 29.496,− 3.100) |
Log (Average employees per business) | 0.050 (−.200, .304) | 1.099 (− 2.306, 4.504) |
Log (Average religious per number of congregations) | .337 (−.078, .752) | 3.864 (− 1.639, 9.367) |
Log (claimed social acquaintances) | −.103 (−.473, .266) | 2.011 (− 2.900, 6.920) |
Percent obese in the population | .044 (.005, .083) | .137 (−.378, .652) |
Percent diabetic in the population | −.015 (−.116, .086) | 1.726 (.405, 3.047) |
Cardiovascular hospital discharge rate | −.010 (−.023, .003) | .031 (.136, .484) |
Median age | −.029 (−.088, .030) | −.461 (− 1.246, .324) |
Percent aged 65 and older | .002 (−.043, .039) | .030 (−.520, .580) |
Percent adults finished high school | −.028 (−.045, −.010) | .340 (.109, .571) |
Log (median family income) | .985 (.269, 1.701) | 2.929 (− 6.951, 12.449) |
Income inequality | .320 (.119, .521) | − 5.550 (− 8.094, − 3.006) |
Percent unemployed before COVID-19 | −.249 (−.740, .242) | − 7.614 (− 14.060, − 1.168) |
Percent African American | .021 (−.097, .039) | − 0.333 (− 1.904, 1.239) |
Percent Hispanic | −.070 (−.256, −.117) | − 2.845 (− 5.285, −-.403) |
Intercept | −9.048 | 46.704 |
R2 | .23 | .68 |