California: Who Do You Call “Other”?
California has the highest count of “Other” Covid cases in the country. It is not immediately clear why California’s unknown rates are so high – I would like to investigate how California defines its “Other” category compared to other states with high counts of “Other” cases. Additionally, I would like to represent each Californian county’s case breakdown by race, to see if a specific county or region’s collection methods or policies are accountable for California’s “Other” case rate. Concurrently, I would like to investigate which communities are not being properly reported by being reported as “Other” and would try to collect and visualize as much data on that topic as possible.
I could envision this piece sitting at approximately 1500 words.
Potential Sources:
- State-level health data taxonomy policymakers
- County-level health data reporting agencies
- ACLU California
- California Department of Public Health
- APM Research Lab