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Table 1 Study Population Demographics, Healthcare, and, SVI in the Western U.S. in 2020

From: Major disparities in COVID-19 test positivity for patients with non-English preferred language even after accounting for race and social factors in the United States in 2020

 

Preferred EnglishN = 150,198

Preferred language that is not EnglishN = 14,170

N

%

N

%

Agea (years)

51.4

19.5

56.1

19.5

Sex

 Female

85,674

57.1%

7840

55.4%

 Male

64,494

42.9%

6316

44.6%

Race & Ethnicity

 American Indian/Alaska Native

1010

0.7%

6

0.0%

 Asian

5637

3.8%

1526

10.8%

 Black/African American

5916

3.9%

186

1.3%

 Hispanic

14,622

9.7%

6318

44.6%

 Multiracial

3596

2.4%

171

1.2%

 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

833

0.6%

117

0.8%

 Other

4770

3.2%

859

6.1%

 White

101,535

67.6%

1359

9.6%

Missingb

12,279

8.2%

3628

25.6%

State

 California

41,415

27.6%

7139

50.4%

 Oregon

35,780

23.8%

3289

23.2%

 Washington

73,003

48.6%

3742

26.4%

Symptomaticc at testing

81,085

54.0%

7622

53.8%

Payer Type

 Commercial

56,168

37.4%

2812

19.8%

 Medicaid

19,585

13.0%

2865

20.2%

 Medicare

37,094

24.7%

3712

26.2%

 Other Insurance

4592

3.1%

574

4.1%

 Self-Pay

32,759

21.8%

4207

29.7%

Encounter Setting

 Emergency Department

36,478

24.3%

3078

21.7%

 Inpatient

31,109

20.7%

4318

30.5%

 Other

47,263

31.5%

3759

26.5%

 Outpatient

8463

5.6%

618

4.4%

 Virtual

26,885

17.9%

2397

16.9%

SVI Domain: Socioeconomica

0.40

0.26

0.53

0.29

SVI Domain: Housing and Transportationa

0.56

0.29

0.62

0.30

  1. amean and standard deviation
  2. bincludes declined/unknown
  3. cdefined as reporting any of the following symptoms: cough, shortness of breath, fever, sore throat, rhinorrhea, nausea or vomiting, headache, myalgia, chills, wheezing