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Title: COVID-19 Mortality in New York City across Neighborhoods by Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity Status
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2021
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Abstract: New York City has lost more lives from COVID-19 than any other American city. Our paper examines variation in COVID-19 deaths across neighborhoods as it relates to the spatial variation in the racial, ethnic, and nativity-status composition of neighborhoods. This topic has received little scholarly attention and is imperative to explore, given the absence of racial and ethnic specific COVID-19 mortality rates by neighborhood. New York City is a racially and ethnically segregated city and a longstanding destination of immigrants, making some neighborhoods more susceptible to greater levels of COVID-19 mortality than others. Using ZCTA-level data on COVID-19 deaths and demographic data from the American Community Survey, our mapping analysis reveals that a racial, ethnic, and nativity-status hierarchy exists in the geographic distribution of COVID-19 mortality. Implications of these findings are discussed as they relate to residential segregation and persistent spatial inequalities faced by communities of color.
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Authors: Friedman, Samantha; Insaf, Tabassum; Lee, Jin-Wook; Adeyeye, Temilayo
Series Title: White Paper Collection
Publication Number: 8
Institution: State University of New York
Pages: 1-40
Publisher Location: Albany
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Topics: Health, Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity
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