Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Research
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seropositivity among Healthcare Personnel in Hospitals and Nursing Homes, Rhode Island, USA, July–August 2020
Lara J. Akinbami
, Philip A. Chan, Nga Vuong, Samira Sami, Dawn Lewis, Philip E. Sheridan, Susan L. Lukacs, Lisa Mackey, Lisa A. Grohskopf, Anita Patel, and Lyle R. Petersen
, Philip A. Chan, Nga Vuong, Samira Sami, Dawn Lewis, Philip E. Sheridan, Susan L. Lukacs, Lisa Mackey, Lisa A. Grohskopf, Anita Patel, and Lyle R. Petersen
Table 1
SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among hospital and nursing home personnel, by demographic characteristics, Rhode Island, USA, July–August 2020*
| Characteristic | Hospital |
Nursing home |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | Seropositive, no. | Seropositive, % (95% CI) | No. (%) | Seropositive, no. | Seropositive, % (95% CI) | ||
| Total |
8,370 (100) |
256 |
3.1 (2.7–3.5) |
1,494 (100) |
196 |
13.1 (11.5–15.0) |
|
| Age group, y | |||||||
| 18–24 | 275 (3.3) | 21 | 7.6 (4.8–11.4) | 68 (4.6) | 7 | 10.3 (4.2–20.1) | |
| 25–34 | 1,987 (23.7) | 71 | 3.6 (2.8–4.5) | 254 (17.0) | 37 | 14.6 (10.5–19.5) | |
| 35–44 | 1,874 (22.4) | 56 | 3.0 (2.3–3.9) | 328 (22.0) | 45 | 13.7 (10.2–17.9) | |
| 45–59 | 2,890 (34.5) | 81 | 2.8 (2.2–3.5) | 569 (38.1) | 78 | 13.7 (11.0–16.8) | |
| 60–64 | 896 (10.7) | 22 | 2.5 (1.6–3.7) | 170 (11.4) | 20 | 11.8 (7.3–17.6) | |
| >65 |
448 (5.4) |
5 |
1.1 (0.4–2.6) |
105 (7.0) |
9 |
8.6 (4.0–15.7) |
|
| Sex | |||||||
| M | 1,582 (18.9) | 44 | 2.8 (2.0–3.7) | 227 (15.2) | 39 | 17.2 (12.5–22.7) | |
| F |
6,788 (81.1) |
212 |
3.1 (2.7–3.6) |
1,267 (84.8) |
157 |
12.4 (10.6–14.3) |
|
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 6,829 (81.6) | 182 | 2.7 (2.3–3.1) | 1,165 (78.0) | 119 | 10.2 (8.5–12.1) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 284 (3.4) | 20 | 7.0 (4.4–10.7) | 87 (5.8) | 24 | 27.6 (18.5–38.2) | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 316 (3.8) | 10 | 3.2 (1.5–5.7) | 28 (1.9) | 6 | 21.4 (8.3–41.0) | |
| Hispanic | 554 (6.6) | 31 | 5.6 (3.8–7.9) | 130 (8.7) | 28 | 21.5 (14.8–29.6) | |
| Other† | 191 (2.3) | 11 | 5.8 (2.9–10.1) | 40 (2.7) | 8 | 20.0 (9.1–36.7) | |
| Decline |
196 (2.3) |
2 |
1.0 (0.1–3.6) |
44 (2.9) |
11 |
25.0 (13.2–40.3) |
|
| Housing | |||||||
| Single family | 6,924 (82.7) | 204 | 3.0 (2.6–3.4) | 1,136 (76.0) | 131 | 11.5 (9.7–13.5) | |
| Multiunit | 1,446 (17.3) | 52 | 3.6 (2.7–4.7) | 358 (24.0) | 65 | 18.2 (14.3–22.6) | |
*SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. †Other race/ethnicity includes non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native, and participants who indicated other non-Hispanic race.
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