Last updated: March 29, 2021

Description Variable

What is the current status of this person? current_status

Date case was first reported to the CDC cdc_report_dt

The earlier of the Clinical Date (date related to the illness or specimen
cdc_case_earliest_dt
collection) or the Date Received by CDC

Sex sex

Age group age_group

Race and Ethnicity (combined) race_ethnicity_combine

County FIPS Code county_fips_code

County of residence
res_county
State of residence
res_state
Date of symptom onset onset_dt

Date of first positive specimen collection pos_spec_dt

Was the patient hospitalized? hosp_yn

Was the patient admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU)? icu_yn

Did the patient die as a result of this illness? death_yn

Is the patient a health care worker in the United States? hc_work_yn

Did the patient develop pneumonia? pna_yn

Did the patient have an abnormal chest X-ray? abxchest_yn

Did the patient have acute respiratory distress syndrome? acuterespdistress_yn

Did the patient receive mechanical ventilation (MV)/intubation? mechvent_yn

Fever >100.4F (38C) fever_yn

Subjective fever (felt feverish) sfever_yn

Chills chills_yn

Muscle aches (myalgia) myalgia_yn

Runny nose (rhinorrhea) runnose_yn

Sore throat sthroat_yn

Cough (new onset or worsening of chronic cough) cough_yn

Shortness of breath (dyspnea) sob_yn

Nausea or Vomiting nauseavomit_yn

Headache headache_yn

Abdominal pain abdom_yn

Diarrhea (≥3 loose/looser than normal stools/24hr period) diarrhea_yn

Pre-existing medical conditions? medcond_yn

Source Values Type

Laboratory-confirmed case
Case Report Form String
Probable case

Calculated YYYY-MM-DD Date

Calculated YYYY-MM-DD Date

Male
Female
Case Report Form Unknown String
Other
Missing

0 - 9 Years
10 - 19 Years
20 - 39 Years
40 - 49 Years
50 - 59 Years
Calculated String
60 - 69 Years
70 - 79 Years
80 + Years
Missing
NA
 American Indian/Alaska Native, Non-Hispanic
Asian, Non-Hispanic
Black, Non-Hispanic
Multiple/Other, Non-Hispanic
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, Non-
Calculated Hispanic String
White, Non-Hispanic
Hispanic/Latino
Unknown
Missing
NA

Calculated NA if suppressed String

null if could not be matched

Case Report Form NA if suppressed

Missing if not available String
Case Report Form NA if suppressed
Missing if not available String
Case Report Form YYYY-MM-DD Date

Case Report Form YYYY-MM-DD Date

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form Unknown String
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing
 Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
Case Report Form No String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing
 Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing

Yes
No
Case Report Form String
Unknown
Missing
Calculation (if applicable)

Please see latest CSTE case definition for more information.

Depreciated; CDC recommends researchers use

cdc_case_earliest_dt in time series and other analyses. This date
was populated using the date at which a case record was first
submitted to the database. If missing, then the report date
entered on the case report form was used. If missing, then the
date at which the case first appeared in the database was used. If
none available, then left blank.

Cdc_case_earliest_dt uses the best available date from the set of

dates related to illness/specimen collection and the set of dates
related to when a case is reported. It is an option to end-users
who need a date variable with optimized completeness. The logic
of cdc_case_earliest_dt is to use the non-null date of one variable
when the other is null and to use the earliest valid date when
both dates are available. If no date available, then left blank.

The age group categorizations were populated using the age

value that was reported on the case report form. Date of birth
was used to fill in missing/unknown age values using the
difference in time between date of birth and onset date.
If more than race was reported, race was categorized into
multiple/other races.

FIPS Code was derived by matching to a reference dataset based

on resident state and resident county. If resident state was
missing or unknown, FIPS code was derived based on reporting
state and resident county