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Neighborhood-level disparities and subway utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City

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  • Daniel Carrión

    (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

  • Elena Colicino

    (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

  • Nicolo Foppa Pedretti

    (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

  • Kodi B. Arfer

    (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

  • Johnathan Rush

    (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

  • Nicholas DeFelice

    (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

  • Allan C. Just

    (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has yielded disproportionate impacts on communities of color in New York City (NYC). Researchers have noted that social disadvantage may result in limited capacity to socially distance, and consequent disparities. We investigate the association between neighborhood social disadvantage and the ability to socially distance, infections, and mortality in Spring 2020. We combine Census Bureau and NYC open data with SARS-CoV-2 testing data using supervised dimensionality-reduction with Bayesian Weighted Quantile Sums regression. The result is a ZIP code-level index with weighted social factors associated with infection risk. We find a positive association between neighborhood social disadvantage and infections, adjusting for the number of tests administered. Neighborhood disadvantage is also associated with a proxy of the capacity to socially isolate, NYC subway usage data. Finally, our index is associated with COVID-19-related mortality.

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  • Daniel Carrión & Elena Colicino & Nicolo Foppa Pedretti & Kodi B. Arfer & Johnathan Rush & Nicholas DeFelice & Allan C. Just, 2021. "Neighborhood-level disparities and subway utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:12:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-021-24088-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24088-7
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    1. Danial Owen & Daniel Arribas-Bel & Francisco Rowe, 2023. "Tracking the Transit Divide: A Multilevel Modelling Approach of Urban Inequalities and Train Ridership Disparities in Chicago," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-18, May.
    2. Rui Li & Youqin Huang, 2023. "COVID-19 pandemic and minority health disparities in New York City: A spatial and temporal perspective," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 50(5), pages 1194-1211, June.

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