June 14, 2020 Much In News About Growth In Cases In Houston, and Texas. This presents data that shows superior statistics for Houston and Texas versus New York State and New York City. Number (and rates per 100,000 Population) need t o compare Houston now to New York City in four to six weeks after reopening.

1. Texas Hospitalization Versus New
York City
James K. Orr
June 12, 2020

2. Compare Texas & Houston To Peers
• This will compare three states
– California
– Texas
– New York State
• This presentation will compare four “cities”
– Los Angles Count
– New York City
– Houston & Area (Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris)
– San Francisco & Area (Alamedia, Santa Clara, San Francisco,
San Mateo, and Contra Cost)

3. Population For Metrics
Per 100,000 Population
Population
California 39,937,489
Texas 29,472,295
New York 19,440,469
Los Angles 10,039,107
New York City 8,398,748
Houston 6,519,788
San Francisco 6,400,809

4. Motivation
• New report show increases in case and
Hospitalizations in the Houston are
– While true, these trends should be reviewed in
context of reference to New York State and New Your
City history.
– While true, these trends should be reviewed in
context of where Texas/Houston are in terms of
progress in “reopening” compared to New York
State/New Your City
• Need to compare New York City’s
cases/hospitalization in a month to Houston’s
cases/hospitalization now

5. New York State Trend
Per 100,000 Population

6. State Of Texas Trend
Per 100,000 Population

7. State Of Texas Trend
Per 100,000 Population
Larger
Scale

8. State Of California Trend
Per 100,000 Population

9. New York City Hospitalizations
Absolute Totals In Hospital

10. New York City Maximum (12,000)
Is > 14 Times Houston Area (832)

12. New York State Vs Los Angles
Per 100,000 Population

13. New York State Vs San Francisco Area
Per 100,000 Population

14. New York State Vs Los Angles
Per 100,000 Population
Larger
Scale

15. Houston Vs San Francisco
4 Counties Versus 6 Counties

16. State Web Sites
• https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-
data.page
• https://gothamist.com/news/coronavirus-statistics-
tracking-epidemic-new-york
• https://public.tableau.com/views/COVID-
19PublicDashboard/Covid-
19Public?:embed=y&:display_count=no&:showVizHom
e=no
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/californ
ia-coronavirus-cases.html
• https://www.dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/additionaldat
a/