By Edwin McCulley | September 30, 2021
The COVID-19 Health Inequities in Cities dashboard allows users to characterize and track COVID-19 outcomes and inequities in COVID-19 outcomes over time across multiple levels: across subgroups of individuals within cities, across neighborhoods within cities, and across cities.
The dashboard has recently been updated to include two new features that leverage data on COVID-19 vaccination outcomes by age. The first new feature shows city-specific inequities by age group and can be found under the City Report: Vaccination Inequities section of the dashboard. This permits users to compare the COVID-19 vaccination outcomes listed below by meaningful age groups.
COVID-19 Vaccination Outcomes
Fully vaccinated: % of the total population that has been fully vaccinated (taking into consideration the number of doses required for each vaccine).
Partially vaccinated: % of the total population that has been only partially vaccinated (e.g., one dose of an mRNA-based vaccine).
At least partially vaccinated: % of the total population that has been either partially or fully vaccinated.
Figure 1 (below) shows us that the % of fully vaccinated seniors (ages 65+) is 17.4 percentage points higher compared to the overall % fully vaccinated. It also shows that the 0-11 group has a 0% vaccination rate, which is to be expected given that none of the current vaccines has been authorized for use in this group.
Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccinations by Age Group
This chart compares various COVID-19 vaccine outcomes by age groups. Hover over the bars to see an explanation.
Figure 1. Vaccination Inequities by Age Group in San Diego, CA
Additionally, our second new feature is located in the Vaccination Inequities Across Cities section of the dashboard and offers the opportunity to explore, compare and contrast COVID-19 vaccination coverage, and inequities in COVID-19 vaccination outcomes by age groups across several US cities. The vaccination outcomes employed by this feature include the above COVID-19 Vaccination Outcomes plus doses per capita which is defined as the total number of administered vaccine doses per 1000 individuals.
Figure 2 (below) allows us to compare inequities in % fully vaccinated among ages 65+ across US cities
Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccinations by Age Group
In this panel we visualize rate ratios and rate differences for various COVID-19 vaccination outcomes comparing pairs of age groups. You can hover over the dots or lines for additional information. You can choose visualizing (1) inequities between age groups, (2) values of the outcome for each age group.
Figure 2. Comparing Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccinations by Age Group (65+ shown) Across Cities
Figure 3 shows COVID-19 vaccination coverage by Age Group. Here we can see that the % fully vaccinated seniors (ages 65+) is higher in San Francisco, CA (85.8%) compared to San Diego, CA (66.5%) .
COVID-19 Vaccination coverage by Age Group
In this panel we visualize rates of COVID-19 Vaccination coverage by age groups separately across all cities available.
Figure 3. Comparing COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage for Ages 65+ Across Cities
Tracking and characterizing inequities in COVID-19 vaccination outcomes can be instrumental in developing interventions and policies, in response to the ongoing pandemic, that are aimed toward increasing COVID-19 vaccination coverage, especially in underserved or vulnerable populations.
This project is conducted in collaboration with the Big Cities Health Coalition and is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.