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ArticleFrontiers in public health2025

Social vulnerability and asthma-related emergency medical services in Illinois.

Sarah Dee Geiger, M Omar Khaium, Evan M Gustafson, Marcus Shapiro, Sarah Keeley, Cassandra Johnson, Nancy Amerson, Daniel Lee, Lynn B Gerald, Arlene Keddie

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Sarah Dee GeigerDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States.
M Omar KhaiumDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States.
Evan M GustafsonDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States.
Marcus ShapiroDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States.
Sarah KeeleyDepartment of Occupation and Environmental Health Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States.
Cassandra JohnsonDepartment of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States.
Nancy AmersonDivision of Chronic Disease, Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, IL, United States.
Daniel LeeDivision of EMS, Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, IL, United States.
Lynn B GeraldPopulation Health Sciences Program, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Arlene KeddieSchool of Health Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, United States.

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Abstract

Introduction: This ecologic study explores the relationship between the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) and probable asthma-related emergency medical service (EMS) rates before and during the COVID-19 pandemic at the county level in Illinois. Methods: The number of asthma-related EMS visits was obtained in all 102 counties for adults aged 18 years or more, and for 82 of these counties for children aged less than 18 from 2018 to 2021. They were converted into rates and examined in relation to SVI rankings. Pearson's correlation coefficients and negative binomial regression were used to examine associations, adjusting for the level of rurality. Results: The rate of asthma-related EMS visits increased in adults from 23.1 to 28.9 per 1,000 between 2018 and 2021 but decreased in children from 5.9 to 5 per 1,000. Every 1% increase in the overall SVI was associated with a nearly two-fold increase in the rate of EMS visits in adults (pre-COVID-19: IRR = 1.94, Discussion: During the pandemic, all four themes of SVI were associated with the asthma EMS rate in children. This study has shown that the same factors that lead to community vulnerability in a disaster align with a greater need for on-site asthma emergency treatment.

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AsthmaCOVID-19Emergency Medical ServicesSocial VulnerabilityAdolescentAdultAgedChildFemaleHumansIllinoisMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultasthmaCOVID-19emergency visitssocial vulnerability indexvulnerability

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PMCPMC11897263

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