Recently I discovered a very interesting data source for health characteristics of populations at the US county level. This dataset is provided by the University of Wisconsin Population of Health Institute. I thought it would be interesting to merge this data with the other county level data I have been compiling to see if there were any additional insights we could gather regarding how COVID impacted different geographic areas.
This is interesting. I was just looking at the dataset that you linked to. What other variables did you look at? I thought adult obesity would likely produce a strong correlation. Could you create a composite figure that incorporated a number of these stats (smoking, obesity, age)?
I noted while looking at data from California that the CFR for the Asian population was lower than average and I see that the data looks similar in my home state of MN. I thought perhaps there might be some inherited immunity within that pop but may be just a function of age.
This is interesting. I was just looking at the dataset that you linked to. What other variables did you look at? I thought adult obesity would likely produce a strong correlation. Could you create a composite figure that incorporated a number of these stats (smoking, obesity, age)?
I noted while looking at data from California that the CFR for the Asian population was lower than average and I see that the data looks similar in my home state of MN. I thought perhaps there might be some inherited immunity within that pop but may be just a function of age.