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  • COVID-19 mortality rates vary significantly across geographic areas.
  • Understanding the relationship between underlying health conditions and mortality is crucial for public health interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine if census tract-level COVID-19 death rates correlate with condition prevalence rates (CPRs) for individual COVID-19 mortality risk in Milwaukee County.
  • To investigate the association between neighborhood-level COVID-19 mortality and the prevalence of chronic conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Milwaukee County COVID-19 death data (per 100,000) for 296 census tracts.
  • Performed linear and multiple regression analyses incorporating individual COVID-19 mortality risk CPRs, mean age, racial composition, and poverty levels.
  • Condition prevalence estimates were sourced from the CDC 500 Cities Project; demographic data from the U.S. Census.

Main Results:

  • A statistically significant association was found between crude COVID-19 death rates and the collective analysis of 7 CPRs, mean census tract age, and several individual CPRs.
  • The inclusion of census tract age, race, and poverty in multiple regression models did not enhance the association between CPRs and crude death rates.

Conclusions:

  • Census tracts with higher COVID-19 mortality exhibited higher estimates of prevalent risk conditions.
  • Population-level health data analysis at the census tract level is valuable for planning effective pandemic-mitigation strategies.