Advisory Committee Chair
Emily Levitan
Advisory Committee Members
Dustin Long
Bertha Hidalgo
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
2022
Degree Name by School
Master of Science (MS) School of Public Health
Abstract
Objective: Analyze county level socioeconomic factors and their association with Covid-19 excess mortality in Alabama.Methods: Linear regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between potential risk factors assessed using the American Community survey (n = 40 counties and county clusters) and excess mortality in 2020 per 100,000 population. Excess mortality came from a previously published paper by Ackley et al. Results: Median household income (per 1,000 dollars); an average county median household income that 1,000 dollars higher was associated with 6 per 100,000 lower excess mortality (β= -5.953 p-value
Recommended Citation
Tucker, Abigail Jo, "Analysis of Excess Mortality at the County Level in Alabama by Socioeconomic Factors" (2022). All ETDs from UAB. 6.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/6