Spearman’s rho (correlation coefficient) for social and environmental vulnerability, asthma, and COVID-19.

With regards to COVID-19, strongest correlation was observed between the cumulative incidence during the first quarter of the pandemic in LA (Mar-Jun 2020) and the estimated prevalence of asthma, SVI due to minority status and language barriers, asthma hospitalization crude rate, and the percentile score for ozone levels. With regards to asthma, SVI due to socioeconomic status, minority status and language barriers, and overall SVI were also significantly correlated with both asthma hospitalization rate as well as the estimated prevalence.