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. 2020 Aug 27;21(11):1533–1538.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.08.030

Table 2.

Predicted NH Risk from the Gradient Boosting Model and LTCF Related COVID-19 Case and Death Rates Reported on May 11 by State

State Ranking Based on Predicted NH Risk Index (as of May 4, 2020) State Predicted on May 4, 2020
Reported on May 11, 2020
Reported LTCF Related Deaths per 1000 Beds (Relative Rank)
Median Predicted NH Risk Indices (IQR) Reported LTCF Related Cases per 1000 Beds (Relative Rank)
1 New Jersey 78.7 (67.1‒82.7) 500.9 (1) 92.7 (1)
2 Massachusetts 74.8 (65.1‒81.2) 365.3 (2) 66.9 (2)
3 Connecticut 71.3 (50.6‒78.3) 251.5 (3) 63.3 (3)
4 New York 66.1 (44.4‒83.5) No reporting data 47.8 (4)
5 Maryland 65.7 (49.8‒72.2) 226.3 (5) 28.8 (7)
6 Rhode Island 63.1 (54.6‒70.8) 230.1 (4) 37.9 (5)
7 Delaware 62.6 (58.5‒72.2) 91.9 (14) 28.0 (8)
8 Louisiana 58.0 (42.9‒74.5) 112.3 (11) 23.3 (10)
9 California 54.0 (39.9‒63.7) 82.7 (15) 8.4 (21)
10 Pennsylvania 51.0 (37.8‒68.1) 152.5 (8) 29.0 (6)
11 Florida 51.0 (39.7‒59.6) 66.9 (17) 8.6 (19)
12 Virginia 49.6 (37.7‒63.0) 115.1 (10) 15.2 (14)
13 Michigan 45.8 (34.0‒70.1) 99.7 (13) 4.6 (27)
14 Illinois 45.1 (33.9‒73.9) 127.5 (9) 17.4 (12)
15 Colorado 44.8 (35.6‒59.9) 184.7 (6) 26.8 (9)
16 Washington 44.8 (36.6‒51.7) 51.0 (26) 3.8 (32)
17 Georgia 44.8 (36.7‒62.6) 158.9 (7) 17.5 (11)
18 Nevada 44.8 (40.7‒48.6) 102.3 (12) 8.6 (20)
19 Utah 43.7 (31.5‒53.8) 10.3 (40) 2.0 (37)
20 Mississippi 43.6 (37.7‒52.6) 66.4 (18) 10.5 (17)
21 Indiana 43.5 (36.2‒52.4) 59.1 (20) 11.4 (16)
22 Alabama 41.5 (34.1‒47.3) 62.2 (19) 1.0 (40)
23 Ohio 40.7 (31.2‒56.0) 54.2 (24) 3.2 (34)
24 Texas 40.5 (31.5‒56.0) 10.1 (41) 3.6 (33)
25 South Carolina 40.0 (33.3‒44.8) 54.4 (23) 5.4 (25)
26 Nebraska 39.8 (31.5‒45.3) 5.2 (45) 0.1 (45)
27 Hawaii 38.6 (31.5‒45.4) 0.7 (49) No reporting data
28 New Mexico 37.7 (31.5‒47.3) 5.7 (42) 2.2 (36)
29 North Carolina 37.7 (31.5‒46.2) 56.4 (21) 7.3 (22)
30 Arizona 37.7 (31.9‒44.0) 76.0 (16) 12.7 (15)
31 Alaska 36.6 (31.5‒42.0) 3.9 (46) No reporting data
32 New Hampshire 33.9 (26.6‒39.8) 19.3 (38) 1.7 (38)
33 Vermont 33.7 (31.5‒38.7) 55.8 (22) 9.6 (18)
34 Tennessee 33.5 (28.4‒44.8) 22.6 (36) 2.4 (35)
35 Kentucky 33.3 (28.0‒43.6) 53.3 (25) 6.7 (23)
36 Oklahoma 33.2 (28.5‒44.8) 35.8 (32) 4.3 (29)
37 Arkansas 33.1 (29.8‒40.5) 17.8 (39) 1.4 (39)
38 Iowa 32.4 (28.0‒41.5) 36.8 (31) 0.5 (42)
39 Missouri 32.1 (28.0‒44.8) 2.4 (48) 0.2 (43)
40 Idaho 31.6 (29.6‒40.5) 29.1 (34) 4.7 (26)
41 Minnesota 31.5 (28.0‒46.4) 48.7 (27) 16.8 (13)
42 Kansas 31.5 (28.0‒40.7) 26.2 (35) 4.2 (30)
43 Wyoming 31.5 (28.0‒37.7) 5.4 (43) No reporting data
44 West Virginia 31.5 (29.7‒37.7) 30.7 (33) 4.0 (31)
45 Oregon 31.5 (31.3‒50.8) 39.9 (29) 6.3 (24)
46 Montana 29.8 (28.0‒34.4) 5.4 (44) 0.9 (41)
47 North Dakota 29.1 (27.6‒39.5) 44.0 (28) No reporting data
48 Maine 28.9 (25.5‒35.1) 37.7 (30) 4.4 (28)
49 South Dakota 28.5 (25.3‒36.6) 2.8 (47) No reporting data
50 Wisconsin 28.0 (25.3‒37.9) 22.1 (37) 0.2 (44)

IQR, interquartile range.

States were ranked in descending order based on the state's median, 75th percentile and 25th percentile risk index as of May 4, 2020.