Social inequalities and COVID-19 mortality between neighborhoods of Bariloche city, Argentina

Table 2 Slope index of inequality and Relative index of inequality in age-adjusted COVID-19 death rate associated with selected socioeconomic indicators

	SII^a in mortality rate per 10,000 (95% CI)	RII^b in mortality rate (95% CI)
% of population with at least one unmet basic need	9.77 (4.05,15.49)	1.77 (1.31,2.40)
% of households with overcrowding	9.96 (4.23,15.68)	1.74 (1.29,2.33)
% of population over 25 years who did not complete high school^c	13.39 (7.17,19.60)	2.14 (1.55,2.96)
% of population aged 15–17 years not attending school^c	10.04 (4.65,15.43)	1.77 (1.33,2.36)
Unemployment rate	12.12 (6.26,17.99)	1.98 (1.46,2.69)
% of households not connected to a sewage system of any type^c	4.83 (-0.87,10.54)	1.31 (0.96,1.78)
% of households without piped water access inside the dwelling^c	7.45 (1.96,12.94)	1.53 (1.14,2.05)

Models were run separately, one variable at a time, and were not adjusted for any other variable; CI = Confidence Interval
^aSII = slope index of inequality, or the difference between the mortality rates of neighborhoods at the 9^th vs 1^st decile of each socioeconomic variable
^bRII = Relative index of inequality, or the ratio between the mortality rates of neighborhoods at the 9^th vs 1^st decile of each socioeconomic variable
^cThese variables are reversed so that the 9^th decile represents the most unfavorable socioeconomic conditions

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