IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/plo/pone00/0258308.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Risk factors for increased COVID-19 case-fatality in the United States: A county-level analysis during the first wave

Author

Listed:
  • Jess A Millar
  • Hanh Dung N Dao
  • Marianne E Stefopulos
  • Camila G Estevam
  • Katharine Fagan-Garcia
  • Diana H Taft
  • Christopher Park
  • Amaal Alruwaily
  • Angel N Desai
  • Maimuna S Majumder

Abstract

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant morbidity and mortality across the US. In this ecological study, we identified county-level variables associated with the COVID-19 case-fatality rate (CFR) using publicly available datasets and a negative binomial generalized linear model. Variables associated with decreased CFR included a greater number of hospitals per 10,000 people, banning religious gatherings, a higher percentage of people living in mobile homes, and a higher percentage of uninsured people. Variables associated with increased CFR included a higher percentage of the population over age 65, a higher percentage of Black or African Americans, a higher asthma prevalence, and a greater number of hospitals in a county. By identifying factors that are associated with COVID-19 CFR in US counties, we hope to help officials target public health interventions and healthcare resources to locations that are at increased risk of COVID-19 fatalities.

Suggested Citation

  • Jess A Millar & Hanh Dung N Dao & Marianne E Stefopulos & Camila G Estevam & Katharine Fagan-Garcia & Diana H Taft & Christopher Park & Amaal Alruwaily & Angel N Desai & Maimuna S Majumder, 2021. "Risk factors for increased COVID-19 case-fatality in the United States: A county-level analysis during the first wave," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(10), pages 1-16, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0258308
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258308
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258308
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258308&type=printable
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1371/journal.pone.0258308?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0258308. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: plosone (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.