April 16, 2021 / by Open Data Portal Team / In Open Data , Data Portal
COVID-19 Vaccination New Ethnic Groups
As of 4/21/2021, an update will be made to add two additional race/ethnicity breakdowns to the dataset COVID-19 Daily Vaccinations – Chicago Residents.
- Native American/Alaskan Native Non-Latinx
- Pacific Islander/Hawaiian Native Non-Latinx
These race/ethnicity groups are currently included in totals for Other Race Non-Latinx. By providing more race/ethnicity categories, the Chicago Department of Public Health hopes that programming can be more appropriately targeted to various groups.
This change will add six columns to the dataset – two additional categories each for:
- Total Doses
- 1st Dose
- Vaccine Series Completed
This update will be applied historically and past dates will be filled in with these new data. Totals for Other Race Non-Latinx will decrease as Native American/Alaskan Native Non-Latinx and Pacific Islander/Hawaiian Native Non-Latinx will be presented separately in the new columns described above.
Since existing column names will not change, dataset uses that refer to columns by name should not break, although generally will require incorporating the new columns to get all the desired data. Uses that rely on column position (a risky approach for this reason) might require changes to continue to work at all since the new columns will be added in the midst of existing columns.
As always, please feel to contact us at dataportal@cityofchicago.org or @ChicagoCDO with any questions, comments, or concerns related to the datasets. For subject matter questions about these datasets or any other COVID-19 datasets, please contact the Department of Public Health’s epidemiology team at epidatarequests@cityofchicago.org. For general information about COVID-19 in Chicago, please visit https://www.chicago.gov/coronavirus or contact coronavirus@chicago.gov.
