(KNSI) – A recent COVID-19 vaccine equity report from the Minnesota Department of Health shows that disparities still exist between racial groups and social vulnerability groups when it comes to getting vaccinated. However, some improvements have been made this summer.
In May, the Minnesota Department of Health gave vaccine providers a goal of administering 40 percent of their COVID vaccine doses to people who live in high social vulnerability index areas — ZIP codes where Minnesotans are more likely to face barriers that make it harder for them to access the vaccine and take other COVID-19 precaution measures. The SVI quartiles categorize areas of higher and lower social vulnerability based on residents’ socioeconomic status, household compositions and disability, minority status and language and housing type and transportation. Residents in SVI Q4 areas, for example, are the most likely to be in good financial standing, live in homes that are not crowded and have their own vehicle.
According to the MDH’s latest vaccination data, a higher percentage of Minnesotans 16 and older in SVI Q4 areas are vaccinated (73.1 percent) compared to the lower SVI quartiles, with a 65.5 percent vaccination rate among 16+ Minnesotans in Q1 ZIP Codes (most vulnerable).
Residents 16 and older with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, as of July 27, and percent increase since July 20
- Q1 (highest vulnerability): 65.5 percent, 0.8 percent increase over the previous week
- Q2: 66.4 percent, 0.7 percent increase
- Q3: 67.8 percent, 0.7 percent increase
- Q4 (lowest vulnerability): 73.1 percent, 0.6 increase
Though those gaps in vaccine equity still exist, MDH says the disparity between Q1 and Q4 social vulnerability areas shrunk by 13 percent over the past five weeks.
As for the MDH’s latest data on vaccinations by race, Black and Hispanic Minnesotans are making the largest gains in getting their first doses of the vaccine. Between July 6th and 13th, vaccination increased in those groups by 1.1 percent, compared to a 0.3 percent increase in vaccinations among white Minnesotans, the lowest rate of growth during that week. Though Black and Hispanic Minnesotans had the largest increase in vaccinations, they still have some of the lowest levels of vaccination by population.
Percent of population 16 and older with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of July 13
- American Indian or Alaska Native Minnesotans: 50.2 percent
- Black or African American Minnesotans: 53.1 percent
- Hispanic or Latinx Minnesotans: 57.6 percent
- White Minnesotans: 63.4 percent
- Asian or Pacific Islander Minnesotans: 73.2 percent
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