Associations Between Community Social Vulnerability or Socioeconomic Deprivation and Respiratory Virus Infection in Decedents in a Large, Urban Medical Examiner’s Office

Jul 23, 2026

Within urban decedents, Andrew Brouwer and Jon Zelner found that the social vulnerability subtheme “minority status and language” may be an informative community-level, equity-informed predictor of respiratory virus infections and could be used to prioritize distribution of public health resources.

Key Terms: decedents; respiratory virus; social vulnerability index; area deprivation index; health disparity