HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022_01_19 KGould_DOH DataFrom:Kincaid Gould
To:Board of Health; jeffbocc
Subject:DOH Data for 1/19/2022
Date:Wednesday, January 19, 2022 3:40:17 PM
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Counties colored in red are the 13 counties with the lowest percent of their population fullyvaccinated (all less than 50%). Green counties are the 13 counties with highest percentage of
fully vaccinated residents. The 13 orange counties fall in between. All of the numbers areaccurate as of 3:15 PM on 1/19/2022.
Table 1: 7-Day Case RateNote how 7 of the 10 counties with the lowest case rate rank among the bottom third of
counties by percent fully vaccinated.
Rank County 7-Day CaseRate
1 Wahkiakum 142.5
2 Columbia 143.4
3 Klickitat 259.1
4 Jefferson 288.9
5 Asotin 291.5
6 Garfield 314.6
7 Whitman 352.6
8 San Juan 374.9
9 Okanogan 412.7
10 Skamania 458.3
11 Kittitas 513.1
12 Lewis 522.1
13 Adams 542.8
14 Ferry 543.6
15 Pacific 558.6
16 Clark 562.7
17 Grays Harbor 574.1
18 Clallam 597.9
19 Kitsap 632.3
20 Stevens 642.4
21 Cowlitz 657
22 Thurston 658.1
23 Mason 662.6
24 Lincoln 678.7
25 Walla Walla 715.9
26 Pend Oreille 722
27 Skagit 726
28 King 734.7
29 Pierce 736.7
30 Whatcom 782.9
31 Benton 797.3
32 Island 852.3
33 Snohomish 864.5
34 Yakima 917.1
35 Spokane 950.8
36 Franklin 1002.5
37 Grant 1020.7
38 Douglas 1218.3
39 Chelan 1453.7
Red counties average = 454.4
Orange counties average = 771.6
Green counties average = 687.8
Table 2: 14-Day Case RateNotice how 8 of the top 10 counties with the lowest 14-day case rate are among the countieswith the lowest percentage of fully-vaccinated people.
Rank County 14-Day CaseRate
1 Wahkiakum 475.1
2 Columbia 621.3
3 Klickitat 693.9
4 Whitman 871.6
5 Okanogan 871.8
6 San Juan 957.3
7 Asotin 985
8 Garfield 988.8
9 Stevens 1080.1
10 Skamania 1145.7
11 Pend Oreille 1169.7
12 Ferry 1188.4
13 Jefferson 1199.1
14 Pacific 1428.6
15 Lincoln 1520.4
16 Cowlitz 1649.8
17 Kittitas 1659.7
18 Lewis 1729.6
19 Clark 1755.6
20 Adams 1770.2
21 Clallam 1805.4
22 Walla Walla 1824.9
23 Kitsap 1999.3
24 Island 2001.6
25 Skagit 2058.3
26 Grant 2066.3
27 Thurston 2112.7
28 Grays Harbor 2132
29 Spokane 2211.8
30 Benton 2249.9
31 Whatcom 2301.8
32 Mason 2310.7
33 Douglas 2342.9
34 Yakima 2359
35 Pierce 2575.2
36 Snohomish 2617
37 Chelan 2627.4
38 King 2695.6
39 Franklin 2793.5
Red counties average = 1184.8
Orange counties average = 2034.0
Green counties average = 1923.3
Table 3: 7-Day Hospitalization Rate
Notice how the top 5 counties are all within the 13 counties with the lowest fully-vaccinated rate,
and that they all have a 7-day hospitalization rate of 0. Notice also that 7 of the top 10 counties
with the lowest 7-day hospitalization rate are from the 13 counties with the lowest fully-vaccinated
rate.
Rank County 7-DayHospitalizationRate
1 Wahkiakum 0
2 Columbia 0
3 Klickitat 0
4 Garfield 0
5 Skamania 0
6 Okanogan 2.3
7 Jefferson 3.1
8 Kittitas 4.2
9 Asotin 4.4
10 Yakima 5.4
11 Island 7
12 Clark 8.2
13 Chelan 8.8
14 Lincoln 9.1
15 Pacific 9.2
16 Cowlitz 11.8
17 Whatcom 12.7
18 Grant 14
19 Pend Oreille 14.4
20 King 14.7
21 Franklin 15.5
22 Douglas 16
23 Clallam 16.9
24 Kitsap 16.9
25 San Juan 17.3
26 Stevens 17.4
27 Walla Walla 17.6
28 Skagit 17.6
29 Spokane 19.5
30 Mason 19.8
31 Benton 19.9
32 Grays Harbor 20.1
33 Snohomish 22.6
34 Pierce 23.5
35 Ferry 25.3
36 Thurston 26.5
37 Adams 39.1
38 Lewis 42.4
39 Whitman 43.6
Red counties average= 12.9
Orange counties average = 17.3
Green counties average = 13.4
Whakiakum, Columbia and Klickitat are ranked 1, 2, and 3, respectively, by each of these metrics-
-they don't have high vaccination rates and they don't have proof-of-vaccination orders (i.e.,
vaccine passport schemes) in place for people to dine out. This current data doesn't seem to
overwhelmingly support the idea that the vaccines make a huge difference against omicron, even
if they do have some benefit, and certainly don't seem to support that the percentage vaccinated
is the lone reason why Jefferson County is doing so well as opposed to Clallam (which isn't even
that much less fully-vaccinated and also has the proof-of-vaccination order) and King (which is
more fully-vaccinated and also has the proof-of-vaccination order).
This data obviously can fluctuate a lot and might look completely different next week. But, this is
the first time I've looked at it like this, and thought I'd share.
Thanks for taking a look,
Sincerely,
Kincaid Gould