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    COVID-19 Equity Metrics (ARCHIVED)

    Metadata Updated: March 23, 2026

    Note: This dataset was archived in 2023.__

    CDPH strives to respond equitably to the COVID-19 pandemic and is therefore interested in how different communities are impacted. Collecting and reporting health equity data helps to identify health disparities and improve the state’s response. To that end, CDPH tracks cases, deaths, and testing by race and ethnicity as well as other social determinants of health, such as income, crowded housing, and access to health insurance.

    During the response, CDPH used a health equity metric, defined as the positivity rate in the most disproportionately-impacted communities according to the Healthy Places Index. The purpose of this metric was to ensure California reopened its economy safely by reducing disease transmission in all communities. This metric is tracked and reported in comparison to statewide positivity rate. More information is available at https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CaliforniaHealthEquityMetric.aspx.

    Data completeness is also critical to addressing inequities. CDPH reports data completeness by race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity to better understand missingness in the data.

    Health equity data is updated weekly. Data may be suppressed based on county population or total counts.

    For more information on California’s commitment to health equity, please see https://covid19.ca.gov/equity/

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 27, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 23, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 27, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 23, 2026
    Publisher California Department of Public Health
    Maintainer
    Identifier 6e33f86d-d57e-4ae1-a880-2a1ab6a7dfde
    Data First Published 2021-10-12T23:13:07.531543
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-03T21:51:30.914797
    Category COVID-19, Health and Human Services
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 6ae628ec-8daa-48d5-a006-c94bdcd43d4f
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 8df0b806ab1f9ab28fd53d53fd589e41db829b4fb4898f2fc043b6ad601a0ccf
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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