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Title: | Impact of COVID-19 outbreak by income: hitting hardest the most deprived |
Author: | Baena Díez, José Miguel Barroso, María Cordeiro Coelho, Sara Isabel Díaz, Jorge Luis Grau, Maria |
Keywords: | Epidemiologia COVID-19 Epidemiology COVID-19 |
Issue Date: | 23-Nov-2020 |
Abstract: | Background: The impact of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has many facets. This ecological study analysed age-standardized incidence rates by economic level in Barcelona. Methods: We evaluated confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Barcelona (Spain) between 26 February 2020 and 19 April 2020. Districts were classified according to most recent (2017) mean income data. The reference for estimating age-standardized cumulative incidence rates was the 2018 European population. The association between incidence rate and mean income by district was estimated with the Spearman rho. Results: The lower the mean income, the higher the COVID-19 incidence (Spearman rho = 0.83; P value = 0.003). Districts with the lowest mean income had the highest incidence of COVID-19 per 10 000 inhabitants; in contrast, those with the highest income had the lowest incidence. Specifically, the district with the lowest income had 2.5 times greater incidence of the disease, compared with the highest-income district [70 (95% confidence interval 66-73) versus 28 (25-31), respectively]. Conclusions: The incidence of COVID-19 showed an inverse socioeconomic gradient by mean income in the 10 districts of the city of Barcelona. Beyond healthcare for people with the disease, attention must focus on a health strategy for the whole population, particularly in the most deprived areas. |
Note: | https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa136 |
It is part of: | Journal Of Public Health, 2020, vol. 42, num. 4, p. 698-703 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/178364 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa136 |
ISSN: | 1741-3842 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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