Barbara Zappe Pasturel1, Raul Cruz-Cano, Rachel E Rosenberg Goldstein, Amanda Palmer, David Blythe, Patricia Ryan, Brenna Hogan, Carrianne Jung, Sam W Joseph, Min Qi Wang, Mei-Ling Ting Lee, Robin Puett, Amy R Sapkota. 1. Barbara Zappe Pasturel, Rachel E. Rosenberg Goldstein, Sam W. Joseph, Robin Puett, and Amy R. Sapkota are with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park. Raul Cruz-Cano and Mei-Ling Ting Lee are with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland School of Public Health. Amanda Palmer, David Blythe, Pat Ryan, Brenna Hogan, and Carrianne Jung are with the Infectious Disease and Environmental Health Administration, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore. Min Qi Wang is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the combined impact of community-level environmental and socioeconomic factors on the risk of campylobacteriosis. METHODS: We obtained Campylobacter case data (2002-2010; n = 3694) from the Maryland Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. We obtained community-level socioeconomic and environmental data from the 2000 US Census and the 2007 US Census of Agriculture. We linked data by zip code. We derived incidence rate ratios by Poisson regressions. We mapped a subset of zip code-level characteristics. RESULTS: In zip codes that were 100% rural, incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of campylobacteriosis were 6 times (IRR = 6.18; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.19, 11.97) greater than those in urban zip codes. In zip codes with broiler chicken operations, incidence rates were 1.45 times greater than those in zip codes without broilers (IRR = 1.45; 95% CI = 1.34, 1.58). We also observed higher rates in zip codes whose populations were predominantly White and had high median incomes. CONCLUSIONS: The community and environment in which one lives may significantly influence the risk of campylobacteriosis.
OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the combined impact of community-level environmental and socioeconomic factors on the risk of campylobacteriosis. METHODS: We obtained Campylobacter case data (2002-2010; n = 3694) from the Maryland Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network. We obtained community-level socioeconomic and environmental data from the 2000 US Census and the 2007 US Census of Agriculture. We linked data by zip code. We derived incidence rate ratios by Poisson regressions. We mapped a subset of zip code-level characteristics. RESULTS: In zip codes that were 100% rural, incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of campylobacteriosis were 6 times (IRR = 6.18; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.19, 11.97) greater than those in urban zip codes. In zip codes with broiler chicken operations, incidence rates were 1.45 times greater than those in zip codes without broilers (IRR = 1.45; 95% CI = 1.34, 1.58). We also observed higher rates in zip codes whose populations were predominantly White and had high median incomes. CONCLUSIONS: The community and environment in which one lives may significantly influence the risk of campylobacteriosis.
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