I posted this in the Houston board but figured I'd ask here, too.
Is there any place to find reliable demographic data about cases and deaths, particularly by age?
Here's what I've found so far (and it's useless).
The state website (dhs.texas.gov) shows that, to date, there have been 111 documented cases of Covid in children aged 1 and younger, 496 in children 1-9, and 1293 in children aged 10-19.
The data does specifically say that these are completed case investigations and the number does not include probable cases. But the percentages are based on a total of only 26,272 cases! They use this same 26,272 number to break down cases by age, gender, and race/ethnicity
The dashboard shows 282,000 cases reported.
The Houston/Harris County site shows 2000 cases in kids 0-9 and 3800 cases in kids 10-19 just in Houston/Harris Co.
I can't find where Houston/Harris County breaks deaths down by age (or any other factor).
This is obviously a big difference, and it appears the state website is grossly under-reporting case counts when they break it down by demographics.
There is a similar problem when you look at deaths. There have been 3532 deaths total, but when the state website breaks it down by age/gender/ethnicity, those numbers are based on only 728 deaths.
Anyone have any insight on this? Where can I go to get accurate information? Is there anywhere I can see the breakdown of deaths by demographic in Harris Co?
Edited to add: the CDC's data seems to be better. It shows deaths broken down by age for a total of 121374 deaths. The "official" count is 135991.
Makes sense that it would lag a little behind, and the CDC has a disclaimer on their website that it takes as much as 8 weeks to get a death certificate with the relevant info.
But that's data for the entire country, not just TX.
Is there any place to find reliable demographic data about cases and deaths, particularly by age?
Here's what I've found so far (and it's useless).
The state website (dhs.texas.gov) shows that, to date, there have been 111 documented cases of Covid in children aged 1 and younger, 496 in children 1-9, and 1293 in children aged 10-19.
The data does specifically say that these are completed case investigations and the number does not include probable cases. But the percentages are based on a total of only 26,272 cases! They use this same 26,272 number to break down cases by age, gender, and race/ethnicity
The dashboard shows 282,000 cases reported.
The Houston/Harris County site shows 2000 cases in kids 0-9 and 3800 cases in kids 10-19 just in Houston/Harris Co.
I can't find where Houston/Harris County breaks deaths down by age (or any other factor).
This is obviously a big difference, and it appears the state website is grossly under-reporting case counts when they break it down by demographics.
There is a similar problem when you look at deaths. There have been 3532 deaths total, but when the state website breaks it down by age/gender/ethnicity, those numbers are based on only 728 deaths.
Anyone have any insight on this? Where can I go to get accurate information? Is there anywhere I can see the breakdown of deaths by demographic in Harris Co?
Edited to add: the CDC's data seems to be better. It shows deaths broken down by age for a total of 121374 deaths. The "official" count is 135991.
Makes sense that it would lag a little behind, and the CDC has a disclaimer on their website that it takes as much as 8 weeks to get a death certificate with the relevant info.
But that's data for the entire country, not just TX.
