COVID Hospitalizations and Mortality Related to Built Environment, Active and Sedentary Travel
Source: Health & Place
Presents neighborhood level results linking census tract-level built environment and active/sedentary travel measures with COVID hospitalization and mortality rates in King County, Washington. Finds that greater participation in sedentary travel correlates with higher COVID hospitalization and fatality rates whereas the reverse is true for greater participation in active travel (walking and bicycling) and in areas with mixed and pedestrian-oriented connected streets.
