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Table 4 SARS-CoV-2 test positivity by demographic characteristics

From: Socioeconomic and immigration status and COVID-19 testing in Toronto, Ontario: retrospective cross-sectional study

Characteristics

COVID-19 swab test

Total

Negative

Positive

N

N

Prevalence (%)

P-value

N

Immigration terciles

Income Quintiles

337

4

1.17%

0.34

341

1(=lowest foreign-born population)

1(=lowest)

2

703

6

0.85%

709

3

892

10

1.11%

902

4

1659

18

1.07%

1677

5(=highest)

8262

68

0.82%

8330

2

1(=lowest)

2566

70

2.66%

< 0.0001

2636

2

4776

75

1.55%

4851

3

6256

97

1.53%

6353

4

7686

122

1.56%

7808

5(=highest)

12,984

158

1.20%

13,142

3(=highest)

1(=lowest)

11,969

517

4.14%

< 0.0001

12,486

2

9118

240

2.56%

9358

3

6252

115

1.81%

6367

4

4759

89

1.84%

4848

5(=highest)

2356

40

1.67%

2396

Total

80,575

1629

1.98%

82,204

  1. P-value assesses the existence of a linear trend in increasing positivity rate of COVID-19 swab test with decreasing income quintiles for each immigration tercile
  2. N = 82,204 in this table (N = 83,443 in Tables 1, 2, and 3) because missing data for immigration and income were removed prior to the analysis presented here