nychealth / coronavirus-data

This repository contains data on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in New York City (NYC), from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page
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Definition of confirmed COVID death change #236

Closed jeezyjtrain closed 2 years ago

jeezyjtrain commented 2 years ago

It seems as though the definition of what is deemed a confirmed COVID death has been changed around or on February 3rd as shown by the usage of the way back machine. My question is when did this occur and will past data be amended to apply this change/where is the update for this change in definition. The current definition is:

“There are two classifications of COVID-19 deaths reported:

A death is classified as confirmed if the decedent was a NYC resident who had a positive molecular test for the virus that causes COVID-19 and did not die of external causes such as gunshot wounds or drug overdoses.”

Which was change from simply:

“ A death is classified as confirmed if the decedent was a NYC resident who had a positive molecular test for the virus that causes COVID-19”

This change in definition needs to be accounted for as the very definition of a confirmed COVID death has changed, almost to assume that all the data gathered throughout the onset of the pandemic reflect this new definition, which is simply not the case.

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martinssanchez commented 2 years ago

Would really appreciate some transparency in this process...

mmontesanonyc commented 2 years ago

Hi, thanks for your interest.

Our documentation on deaths was indeed updated on Feb 3 (feel free to use the git history in this repository instead of the wayback machine if you want to look at changes, by the way). However, this change was to clarify the definition we had been using and continue to use. It was not a change in inclusion/exclusion criteria.

jeezyjtrain commented 2 years ago

Hi, thanks for your interest.

Our documentation on deaths was indeed updated on Feb 3 (feel free to use the git history in this repository instead of the wayback machine if you want to look at changes, by the way). However, this change was to clarify the definition we had been using and continue to use. It was not a change in inclusion/exclusion criteria.

Using as of when? Because according to data and Gov. Kochul, the separation of hospitalization data between an individual with a positive COVID case who was admitted to a hospital for a non-COVID reason and an individual who was admitted for COVID as their primary ailment wasn’t determined until January 4th and 5th. And according to these articles, it was discovered that about 42% of hospital patients with COVID had been admitted for other issues and then we’re subsequently diagnosed. If there was no distinction made between the hospitalization data until January 4th and 5th, then when specifically was this distinction made for 42A746E9-0699-4D65-86D9-1EDA5915D265 FFA928FA-18DB-44CC-8A62-FFA7540E3D4B 6CEC0F88-D281-4426-B08E-4D6A13D9C08E 425F6635-3DC0-45CC-B4A3-79FAE3EADEC1 8782AD20-7248-4525-8200-1BC289FDE100 D3398AA6-DA69-40B7-AA4B-110678B7EBDC CE2E4C29-923B-4AA2-A589-77FCE1DED639 CA2AD689-E8EF-4CAA-AB1B-C4A8E7A7C9A1 8B3EF01F-46BC-410D-84A9-7D34ACA4D11B deaths?