TY - JOUR
T1 - Ecologic study of influenza vaccination uptake and COVID-19 death rate in New York City
AU - Moreland, Ashley
AU - Gillezeau, Christina
AU - Eugene, Adriana
AU - Alpert, Naomi
AU - Taioli, Emanuela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Background: The aim of this ecological study was to assess the area-level relationship between cumulative death rate for COVID-19 and historic influenza vaccination uptake in the New York City population. Methods: Predictors of COVID-19 death included self-reported influenza vaccination in 2017, as well as four CDC-defined risk factors of severe COVID-19 infection available at the ecological level, which were diabetes, asthma, BMI 30–100 (2 kg/m2) and hypertension, in addition to race and age (65 + years). Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, for every one-unit increase in influenza vaccination uptake for each zip code area, the rate of COVID-19 deaths decreased by 5.17 per 100,000 residents (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Zip codes with a higher prevalence of influenza vaccination had lower rates of COVID-19 mortality, inciting the need to further explore the relationship between influenza vaccination uptake and COVID-19 mortality at the individual level.
AB - Background: The aim of this ecological study was to assess the area-level relationship between cumulative death rate for COVID-19 and historic influenza vaccination uptake in the New York City population. Methods: Predictors of COVID-19 death included self-reported influenza vaccination in 2017, as well as four CDC-defined risk factors of severe COVID-19 infection available at the ecological level, which were diabetes, asthma, BMI 30–100 (2 kg/m2) and hypertension, in addition to race and age (65 + years). Results: After adjusting for potential confounders, for every one-unit increase in influenza vaccination uptake for each zip code area, the rate of COVID-19 deaths decreased by 5.17 per 100,000 residents (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Zip codes with a higher prevalence of influenza vaccination had lower rates of COVID-19 mortality, inciting the need to further explore the relationship between influenza vaccination uptake and COVID-19 mortality at the individual level.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Influenza vaccination
KW - Socioeconomic factors
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U2 - 10.1186/s12889-022-13515-z
DO - 10.1186/s12889-022-13515-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 35650567
AN - SCOPUS:85131190689
SN - 1472-698X
VL - 22
JO - BMC Public Health
JF - BMC Public Health
IS - 1
M1 - 1089
ER -