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How does vulnerability to COVID-19 vary between communities in England? Developing a Small Area Vulnerability Index (SAVI)

2021; BMJ; Volume: 75; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/jech-2020-215227

1470-2738

Konstantinos Daras, Alexandros Alexiou, Tanith C. Rose, Iain Buchan, David Taylor‐Robinson, Ben Barr,

Migration, Health and Trauma

During the initial wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in England, several population characteristics were associated with increased risk of mortality-including, age, ethnicity, income deprivation, care home residence and housing conditions. In order to target control measures and plan for future waves of the epidemic, public health agencies need to understand how these vulnerabilities are distributed across and clustered within communities.