Abstract：
Immigrants may be more vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than other sub-population groups due to their relatively low socioeconomic status. However, no quantitative studies have examined the relationships between immigrants and COVID-19 health outcomes (confirmed cases and related deaths). We first examined the relationship between total immigrants and COVID-19 health outcomes with spatial Durbin models after controlling for demographic, biophysical and socioeconomic variables. We then repeated the same analysis within multiple subimmigrant groups divided by those with original nativity to examine the differential associations with health outcomes. The result showed that the proportion of all immigrants is negatively associated with the number of confirmed cases and related deaths. At the continent and sub-continent level, we consistently found negative relationships between the number of confirmed cases and the proportion of all sub-immigrant groups. However, we observed mixed associations between the proportion of sub-immigrant groups and the number of deaths. Those counties having a higher prevalence of immigrants from Africa [Eastern Africa: â€\"18.6, 95% confidence interval (CI): â€\"38.3~â€\"2.9; Northern Africa: â€\"146.5, 95% CI: â€\"285.5~â€\"20.1; Middle Africa: â€\"622.6, 95% CI: â€\"801.4~â€\" 464.5] and the Americas (Northern America: â€\"90.5, 95% CI: â€\" 106.1~â€\"73.8; Latin America: â€\"6.8, 95% CI: â€\"8.1~â€\"5.2) mostly had a lower number of deaths, whereas those counties having a higher prevalence of immigrants from Asia (Eastern Asia: 21.0, 95% CI: 7.7~36.2; Western Asia: 42.5, 95% CI: 16.9~68.8; South- Central Asia: 26.6, 95% CI: 15.5~36.9) showed a higher number of deaths. Our results partially support that some immigrants, especially those from Asia, are more vulnerable to COVID-19 than other sub-population groups.
摘要：
移民可能比其他亚人群更容易感染2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)，因为他们的社会经济地位相对较低。然而,没有定量研究调查移民与COVID-19健康结局(确诊病例和相关死亡)之间的关系.我们首先用空间Durbin模型检查了总移民与COVID-19健康结果之间的关系，生物物理和社会经济变量。然后，我们在多个亚移民群体中重复了相同的分析，这些亚移民群体除以具有原始出生的群体，以检查与健康结果的差异关联。结果显示，所有移民的比例与确诊病例数和相关死亡人数呈负相关。在大陆和次大陆一级，我们一致发现确诊病例数与所有亚移民组比例之间存在负相关.然而,我们观察到亚移民群体比例和死亡人数之间的混合关联.那些来自非洲的移民患病率较高的县[东非：“18.6，95％置信区间（CI）：“38.3〜”2.9；北非：“146.5，95％CI：“285.5〜”20.1；中部非洲：“622.6，95％CI：\”拉丁美洲\“801.4〜”，\95％：\\”44.5〜\\“美国\”44.5，\95％\CI：\\\而那些来自亚洲的移民患病率较高的县（东亚：21.0，95％CI：7.7〜36.2；西亚：42.5，95％CI：16.9〜68.8；南亚-中亚：26.6，95％CI：15.5〜36.9）显示出更高的死亡人数。我们的结果部分支持一些移民，尤其是那些来自亚洲的人，比其他亚人群更容易感染COVID-19。
