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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Dispatch

Assessing Community Vulnerability over 3 Waves of COVID-19 Pandemic, Hong Kong, China

Qiuyan LiaoComments to Author , Meihong Dong, Jiehu Yuan, Richard Fielding, Benjamin J. Cowling, Irene Oi Ling Wong, and Wendy Wing Tak Lam
Author affiliations: University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Q. Liao, M. Dong, J. Yuan, R. Fielding, B.J. Cowling, I.O.L. Wong, W.W.T. Lam); Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong (B.J. Cowling)

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Table 2

Pearson correlations of indicator, domain, and overall community vulnerability index with coronavirus disease confirmed cases across 3 pandemic waves, as of August 31, 2020, Hong Kong

Domains and indicators Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3 Overall
Overall index
 0.31
 −0.49*
 0.77‡
 0.71†
Socioeconomic status 0.01 −0.59* 0.68† 0.58*
Poverty 0.26 −0.43 0.75‡ 0.71†
Unemployment −0.10 −0.64† 0.50* 0.38
Income 0.02 −0.65† 0.60b 0.48*
Educational level
 −0.06
 −0.70†
 0.64†
 0.51*
Household composition 0.14 −0.51* 0.57* 0.49*
Persons >65 years of age 0.59* 0.09 0.30 0.37
Persons <14 years of age −0.36 −0.48* −0.11 −0.25
Single-parent households 0.25 −0.44 0.73† 0.68†
Elderly living alone −0.09 −0.28 0.45 0.41
Housing condition 0.16 −0.42 0.49* 0.43
Household density 0.07 −0.20 −0.01 −0.05
Area of accommodation
 0.08
 −0.32
 0.65†
 0.62†
Healthcare system factors 0.48* −0.07 0.47 0.50*
Hospital beds 0.45 −0.33 0.59* 0.57*
ICU beds 0.41 0.16 0.39 0.47
Hospital labor
 0.50*
 −0.01
 0.37
 0.41
Epidemiologic factors 0.45 −0.37 0.68† 0.66†
Population density 0.45 0.17 0.51* 0.60†
Obesity 0.43 −0.32 0.53* 0.51*
Hypertension 0.54* 0.01 0.41 0.46
Smoking −0.06 −0.51* 0.19 0.08
Employed in transportation sector −0.22 −0.71† 0.26 0.10
Employed in accommodation and food catering sectors −0.02 −0.51* 0.48* 0.39
Working outside residency district −0.10 −0.56* 0.59* 0.49*
Entertainment venues 0.34 0.63† 0.04 0.21
Non–Chinese ethnicities 0.002 0.66† −0.71† −0.60†

*p<0.05 †p<0.01 ‡p<0.001

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