New York State COVID-19 Hospital Admissions by Zip Code, 2020-2023

Zip Code-level data on patients admitted for inpatient care who were lab-confirmed COVID-19 positive, available from May 2, 2020. The dataset was archived on October 6, 2023, after being retired from the Hospital Electronic Response Data System (HERDS). It was published by health.data.ny.gov.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in hospital admissions using the Report Date column.
• Map the geographic distribution of COVID-19 hospital burden using the Zip Code column.
• Calculate weekly or monthly admission totals by aggregating the Number of Admissions column.
• Correlate admission rates with other demographic or public health data using Zip Code as a join key.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the official New York State Hospital Electronic Response Data System (HERDS).
• Provides patient-level admission counts aggregated to the Zip Code level, enabling geographic analysis.
• Includes data from May 2, 2020, capturing a significant period of the pandemic.

Limitations

• The dataset was archived on 2023-10-06 and is no longer updated.
• Row count and total size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

health.data.ny.gov via the Hospital Electronic Response Data System (HERDS).

Collection Method

Reported by hospitals through the HERDS survey.

Time Range

From May 2, 2020, until archival on October 6, 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2023-10-06 18:27:35; dataset is archived.

Geography

New York State, United States, aggregated by Zip Code.