Volume 21, Number 9—September 2015
THEME ISSUE
Emerging Infections Program
Emerging Infections Program
Socioeconomic Disparities and Influenza Hospitalizations, Tennessee, USA
Chantel Sloan, Rameela Chandrasekhar, Edward F. Mitchel, William Schaffner, and Mary Lou Lindegren
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![Age-standardized incidence of influenza hospitalizations by census tract socioeconomic variables, Middle Tennessee, USA, October 2007–April 2014. Variables were linked to the American Community Survey. A) Incidence by percentage of African Americans. B) Incidence by population density (<200 persons/mi2 [rural]; >200–<700 persons/mi2 [suburban]; >700 persons/mi2 [urban]). C) Incidence by percentage living below poverty level. D) Incidence by level of crowded housing (persons per room)](/eid/images/14-1861-F2.jpg)
Figure 2. Age-standardized incidence of influenza hospitalizations by census tract socioeconomic variables, Middle Tennessee, USA, October 2007–April 2014. Variables were linked to the American Community Survey. A) Incidence by percentage of African Americans. B) Incidence by population density (<200 persons/mi2 [rural]; >200–<700 persons/mi2 [suburban]; >700 persons/mi2 [urban]). C) Incidence by percentage living below poverty level. D) Incidence by level of crowded housing (persons per room). E) Incidence by percentage with female head of household. F) Incidence by percentage with college education. G) Incidence by percentage with medical insurance. H) Incidence by percentage employed. Error bars indicate 95% CIs.
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