The GenderSci Lab has decided to update our report card parameters, so that we now track states’ reporting of gender/sex interactions for three outcome variables (age, race/ethnicity, and comorbidities), plus nonbinary gender. Here we unveil our first report card in this new iteration, from April 2021.

Here, we will summarise our general reflections from our 8 months of tracking data collection and reporting through the current iteration of our Report Card. First, we'll describe the challenges of data collection, then we will explore changes we observed in the reporting of socially relevant variables by each state.

We recap the process of creating our COVID-19 State Report Card, which tracks the comprehensiveness of state reporting of socially relevant variables for COVID-19 cases and fatalities. Here we also provide the grades and results from our February 2021 report card.

Highlights from December’s Report Card

From September to December, the average state score increased from 6.65 (D grade) to 6.78 (D grade) on a scale of 0-10.

Both Montana and New Mexico saw score increases of 3. This takes Montana’s score to a B grade, and New Mexico’s score to a D grade.

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Following the initial release of the GenderSci Lab’s Health Affairs Blog, Socially Relevant Variables in US State COVID-19 Surveillance Reporting: A Report Card, at the end of June, the lab has continued to track changes in state reporting of socially relevant variables for COVID-19 cases and fatalities. Data availability is becoming increasingly critical as many states experience a second wave of infections.

Following the initial release of the GenderSci Lab’s Health Affairs Blog, Socially Relevant Variables in US State COVID-19 Surveillance Reporting: A Report Card, at the end of June, the lab has continued to track changes in state reporting of socially relevant variables for COVID-19 cases and fatalities. Data availability is becoming increasingly critical as many states experience a second wave of infections.

This is the July update to the US State COVID-19 Report Card. The Report Card tracks how US States are reporting socially relevant variables including race/ethnicity, sex, age, and interactions between these variables in COVID cases and outcomes. Our goal is to provide a source of transparent data accountability. The increased reporting of socially relevant variables is critical to understanding health inequities in the COVID-19 pandemic.

How well is your state reporting on socially relevant COVID data? At the most basic level, to understand the nature and extent of COVID outcome disparities, we must have data on gender/sex, age, race/ethnicity, and comorbidity status, and the interactions between them. Here, the GenderSci Lab releases a US State COVID-19 Report Card.