Racial residential segregation and economic disparity jointly exacerbate COVID‐19 fatality in large American cities
University of Chicago Press ; Wiley Periodicals, Inc. ; John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2021
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The disproportionately high rates of both infections and deaths among racial and ethnic minorities (especially Blacks and Hispanics) in the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic are consistent with the conclusion that structural inequality can produce lethal consequences. However, the nature of this structural inequality in relation to COVID‐19 is poorly understood. Here, we hypothesized that two structural features, racial residential segregation and income inequality, of metropolitan areas in the United States have contributed to health‐compromising conditions, which, in turn, have increased COVID‐19 fatalities; moreover, that these two features, when combined, may be particularly lethal. To test this hypothesis, we examined the growth rate of confirmed COVID‐19 cases and deaths in an early 30‐day period of the outbreak in the counties located in each of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. The growth curves for cases and deaths were steeper in counties located in metropolitan areas where Blacks and Hispanics are residentially segregated from Whites. Moreover, the effect of racial residential segregation was augmented by income inequality within each county. These data strongly suggest that racial and economic disparities have caused a greater death toll during the current pandemic. We draw policy implications for making virus‐resilient cities free from such consequences.We examined whether racial residential segregation and income inequality jointly predict the growth rate of both COVID‐19 cases and deaths in the first 30‐day period of county‐wise outbreaks. We predicted that the progression of the virus spread would be faster in counties located in MSAs with a high level of Black‐White and Hispanic‐White segregation. Second, we also predicted that this effect of segregation should be augmented for counties higher in income inequality. That is, the impact of COVID‐19 would be the greatest when high segregation is combined with high income inequality. ; Peer Reviewed .
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Racial residential segregation and economic disparity jointly exacerbate COVID‐19 fatality in large American cities
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Yu, Qinggang ; Salvador, Cristina E. ; Melani, Irene ; Berg, Martha K. ; Neblett, Enrique W. ; Kitayama, Shinobu |
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Veröffentlichung: | University of Chicago Press ; Wiley Periodicals, Inc. ; John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2021 |
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