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COVID-19: Regional Differences in Austria

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  • Hanns Moshammer

    (Department of Environmental Health, Center for Public Health, Medical University Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    Department of Hygiene, Medical University of Karakalpakstan, Nukus 230100, Uzbekistan)

  • Michael Poteser

    (Department of Environmental Health, Center for Public Health, Medical University Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria)

  • Lisbeth Weitensfelder

    (Department of Environmental Health, Center for Public Health, Medical University Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria)

Abstract

In the turbulent year 2020, overshadowed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, Austria experienced multiple waves of increased case incidence. While governmental measures to curb the numbers were based on current knowledge of infection risk factors, a retrospective analysis of incidence and lethality at the district level revealed correlations of relative infection risk with socioeconomic, geographical, and behavioral population parameters. We identified unexpected correlations between political orientation and smoking behavior and COVID-19 infection risk and/or mortality. For example, a decrease in daily smokers by 2.3 percentage points would be associated with an increase in cumulative incidence by 10% in the adjusted model, and an increase in voters of the right-wing populist party by 1.6 percentage points with an increase in cumulative mortality by 10%. While these parameters are apparently only single elements of complex causal chains that finally lead to individual susceptibility and vulnerability levels, our findings might have identified ecological parameters that can be utilized to develop fine-tuned communications and measures in upcoming challenges of this and other pandemics.

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  • Hanns Moshammer & Michael Poteser & Lisbeth Weitensfelder, 2022. "COVID-19: Regional Differences in Austria," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-18, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:3:p:1644-:d:739710
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