Updated Schedule 

The report card has been updated on a bimonthly basis.

Methodology for report cards (April 2021- _____)

The new Report Cards track reporting practices at the state level for fatalities, hospitalizations, and vaccinations (we no longer track reporting practices for cases). For each of these three outcomes, five variables are tracked: gender/sex, non-binary, gender/sex and comorbidity interactions, gender/sex and race/ethnicity interactions, andgender/sex and age interactions. Thus, a state can score a total of 15 points. For a state to be reporting non-binary data for each COVID-19 outcome, gender/sex reporting must include data for trans or nonbinary gender/sex identities explicitly, or data labelled as “Other” (as opposed to being labelled “unknown”). Additionally, data must have been updated/dated within 30 days of the date of collection to be counted as present in our Report Card. Similar to our previous Report Card, a 1 indicates the presence of a variable, and a 0 indicates that the relevant variables could not be identified.

Methodology for report cards (June 2020-February 2021)

The Report Card is based on a 0-10 scoring scheme for state surveillance reporting. For case reporting, a state could earn one point for each category of age, sex/gender, race/ethnicity, and comorbidities reported. Any reporting on the interactions of these first four variables also earned a point. Similarly, a state earned a point for each of these variables in their reporting of deaths, plus a point for reporting any interactions. We assigned letter grades based on total scores: F for a score of 5 or below, D for a score of 6, C for a score of 7, B for a score of 8, and A for a score of 9 or 10. See our Health Affairs Blog and in an accompanying piece on the GenderSci Lab Blog for more information.

Note: April and May 2020 reports are not specifically dated to the last Friday of the month. June 2020 and following months are accurate as of the last Friday of the month.