{"id":1286,"date":"2021-04-08T06:58:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T10:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2021-04-08T06:58:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T10:58:03","slug":"what-proportion-of-my-neighbors-are-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/covidqanda.org\/?p=1286","title":{"rendered":"What proportion of my neighbors are vaccinated?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Question:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0I got my first vaccination!\u00a0 Now I want to know how many people around me are vaccinated.\u00a0 How can I find out without directly asking everyone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Answer:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Individual-level vaccination data is protected information, so there’s no public database or the like.\u00a0 But, CDC does offer county-level data on vaccination rates that you could use to make some educated guesses.\u00a0 Go to CDC’s COVID Data Tracker<\/a>, click on “county tracker” and you’re off!\u00a0 (Figure 1)<\/strong>
I was interested in vaccination coverage in my county, Prince George’s, MD, and here’s what I learned, as of 7 April: a) community transmission is high; b) nearly 20% of people ages 18+ are fully vaccinated; and c) nearly 50% of people ages 65+ are fully vaccinated.\u00a0 I was curious how this compared with our neighboring county Montgomery County, which is demographically quite different from Prince George’s (e.g. more wealthy and predominantly white).\u00a0 For Montgomery County: a) community transmission is substantial; b) nearly 24% of people ages 18+ are fully vaccinated; and c) nearly 68% of people ages 65+ are fully vaccinated.\u00a0 To summarize– as compared with Prince George’s County, Montgomery County has less COVID burden and a higher proportion of its residents fully vaccinated.\u00a0 I’m hopeful that as vaccinations become more widely accessible, these inequities will decrease and– with concentrated\u00a0effort– ultimately disappear.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figure 1. Percentage of people ages 18+ fully vaccinated by county, 7 April\u00a0<\/strong>(from CDC<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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