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The Effect Of Area Deprivation On Covid-19 Risk In Louisiana, K. C. Madhav, Evrim Oral, Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, Ariane L. Rung, Edward S. Peters
The Effect Of Area Deprivation On Covid-19 Risk In Louisiana, K. C. Madhav, Evrim Oral, Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, Ariane L. Rung, Edward S. Peters
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Background Louisiana in the summer of 2020 had the highest per capita case count for COVID-19 in the United States and COVID-19 deaths disproportionately affects the African American population. Neighborhood deprivation has been observed to be associated with poorer health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and COVID-19 in Louisiana. Methods The Area Deprivation Index (ADI) was calculated and used to classify neighborhood deprivation at the census tract level. A total of 17 US census variables were used to calculate the ADI for each of the 1148 census tracts in Louisiana. The …