U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalization Metrics by Jurisdiction, Timeseries

Approximately 6,000 U.S. hospitals reported daily COVID-19 hospitalization data to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network. The dataset includes aggregated counts and metrics for hospital admissions, inpatient and ICU bed occupancy, and capacity at national, state, and regional levels. Data collection was archived after May 3, 2024, as mandatory reporting requirements ended.

Use Cases

• Modeling weekly trends in healthcare stress using COVID-19 Inpatient Bed Occupancy absolute change from prior week and COVID-19 ICU Bed Occupancy absolute change from prior week.
• Analyzing admission rates across jurisdictions using New COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Rate (7-Day Total) and Cumulative COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Rate.
• Tracking patient load and capacity with Total Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, COVID-19 Inpatient Bed Occupancy (7-Day Average), and COVID-19 ICU Bed Occupancy (7-Day Average).
• Forecasting short-term admission trends using New COVID-19 Hospital Admissions (7-Day Average) and New COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Rate percent change from prior week.

Strengths

• Data represents reports from approximately 6,000 hospitals, providing a broad national view.
• Includes multiple calculated metrics like 7-day averages and week-over-week changes for trend analysis.
• Aggregated at multiple geographic levels (national, state/territory, regional) for flexible analysis.

Limitations

• Data is archived and no longer updated as of May 3, 2024, limiting use for current analysis.
• Row count and total size are unknown, which may complicate suitability assessment.
• The description notes that while CDC reviews for errors, some reporting errors might still exist within the data.

Provenance

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) via data.cdc.gov.

Collection Method

Aggregated from daily COVID-19 hospitalization data reported by hospitals to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

Freshness

Last updated 2025-02-23 23:06:31; however, the dataset is archived and no longer receives updates.

Geography

United States, aggregated to national, state/territory, and regional levels.