vignettes/covid19_deaths_by_state.md

In jimtyhurst/covid19: COVID-19 Exploratory Data Analysis

COVID-19 Deaths by State

Jim Tyhurst, Ph.D. 2020-08-26

• Read data
• Cases by state
  • Cumulative number of cases
  • Cumulative cases per comparable unit of population
• Deaths by state
  • Cumulative deaths by state
  • Cumulative deaths per comparable unit of population
  • Daily number of deaths
• Mortality by state
• Distribution of mortality rates

Source code.

Read data

Reads a NY Times dataset of COVID-19 cases and deaths by state.

Cases by state

Cumulative number of cases

Plot of cumulative number of cases by state in the United States for a few select states.

Cumulative cases per comparable unit of population

Deaths by state

Cumulative deaths by state

Plot of cumulative number of deaths per state in the United States for a few select states.

Cumulative deaths per comparable unit of population

Daily number of deaths

Plot of number of deaths per day per state in the United States for a few select states.

Mortality by state

Plot of percentage of deaths per state, calculated as (deaths / cases) * 100.

Distribution of mortality rates

Plot of mortality rates across states, i.e. percentage of deaths for confirmed cases, in the United States.

jimtyhurst/covid19 documentation built on Aug. 30, 2020, 3:39 p.m.