Vulnerability — how well a community handles the repercussions of a COVID-19 outbreak — matters.
In the United States today, people living in vulnerable communities are significantly more likely to have died from COVID-19 as low vulnerability communities are burdened because people do not have equitable access to health care, affordable housing, transportation, childcare, or safe and secure employment.
COVID-19 COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY INDEX
Surgo Ventures created the COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index to leverage the power of data to understand how and why communities are vulnerable, so we can develop solutions to help them. Below we map the vulnerability of US counties.
How well a community handles the repercussions of a COVID-19 outbreak matters
IN THE PAST WEEK
People in vulnerable communities were:
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC
People in vulnerable communities were:
States Inequity
Which states have the biggest gaps between the more vulnerable parts of the population and the rest? How much more likely were people in vulnerable counties to be diagnosed with COVID-19?
WHY IT MATTERS
About The US CCVI
The COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index (CCVI) allows us to leverage the power of data to understand how and why communities are vulnerable, so we can develop solutions to help them. The CCVI identifies these communities by aggregating dozens of indicators, across six themes, to understand both the overall vulnerability of a community as well as its unique factors. To learn more about our methodology, download our report here
