COVID-19 Vulnerability Index by US County: An Interactive Map
Conduent’s COVID-19 Vulnerability Index is a measure of potential severe illness burden due to COVID-19 across the country by county. Counties are given an index value from 1 (low vulnerability) to 10 (high vulnerability). A county with a high vulnerability score can be described as a location where a higher percentage of COVID-19 cases would result in severe outcomes such as hospitalization or death as compared to a county with a low vulnerability score. The model considers trends in reported COVID-19 cases and deaths, clinical risk factors, and socioeconomic determinants of health including Conduent HCI's SocioNeeds Index ™ in estimating the likelihood for severe outcomes due to COVID-19.
To identify the relative level of risk for residents in a county, the national index values for each county are sorted from lowest to highest and divided into 5 ranks. These ranks are used to color the Vulnerability Index map.
The Vulnerability Index is updated daily. Mendocino County has a vulnerability index of 4/10 and ranked 54.3/100 on the SocioNeeds Index Map.
This website is made available by Conduent Healthy Communities Institute (HCI) as a resource to assist with current and future COVID-19 response efforts. Conduent HCI specializes in providing social determinants of health data to organizations so that they can improve health in the populations they work with.
Statistical modeling used to calculate the COVID-19 Vulnerability Index is provided by Conduent Data and Analytic Innovations. Conduent’s Data & Analytics Innovations Lab delivers Data and Analytics as a Service [DaaS/AaaS] predictive solutions across all levels of the commercial healthcare ecosystem.
