Using the social vulnerability index to assess COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Louisiana

Autor: Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, Terry C Davis, Connie L Arnold, Nasim Motayar, Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, Deborah G Smith, Kevin S Murnane, Kenneth Densmore, Maarten van Diest, Steven R Bailey, Christopher G Kevil
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: GeoJournal.
ISSN: 0343-2521
Popis: Using data from the Louisiana Department of Public Health, we explored the spatial relationships between the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) and COVID-19-related vaccination and mortality rates. Publicly available COVID-19 vaccination and mortality data accrued from December 2020 to October 2021 was downloaded from the Louisiana Department of Health website and merged with the SVI data; geospatial analysis was then performed to identify the spatial association between the SVI and vaccine uptake and mortality rate. Bivariate Moran’s I analysis revealed significant clustering of high SVI ranking with low COVID-19 vaccination rates (1.00, p p
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