Ecologic study of influenza vaccination uptake and COVID-19 death rate in New York City

BMC Public Health

Adriana Eugene¹  Emanuela Taioli¹  Christina Gillezeau¹  Ashley Moreland¹  Naomi Alpert¹ 

[1] Institute for Translational Epidemiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai;

关键词: Influenza vaccination;    COVID-19;    Socioeconomic factors;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-022-13515-z

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract 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.

【 授权许可】

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