TY - JOUR AU - Sloan, Chantel AU - Chandrasekhar, Rameela AU - Mitchel, Edward AU - Schaffner, William AU - Lindegren, Mary Lou T1 - Socioeconomic Disparities and Influenza Hospitalizations, Tennessee, USA T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 9 SP - 1602 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We examined population-based surveillance data from the Tennessee Emerging Infections Program to determine whether neighborhood socioeconomic status was associated with influenza hospitalization rates. Hospitalization data collected during October 2007–April 2014 were geocoded (N = 1,743) and linked to neighborhood socioeconomic data. We calculated age-standardized annual incidence rates, relative index of inequality, and concentration curves for socioeconomic variables. Influenza hospitalizations increased with increased percentages of persons who lived in poverty, had female-headed households, lived in crowded households, and lived in population-dense areas. Influenza hospitalizations decreased with increased percentages of persons who were college educated, were employed, and had health insurance. Higher incidence of influenza hospitalization was also associated with lower neighborhood socioeconomic status when data were stratified by race. KW - health care disparities KW - influenza KW - minority health KW - spatial analysis KW - Census Bureau KW - Tennessee KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2109.141861 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/14-1861_article ER - End of Reference