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Additional datasets for different geo_type's (moved to epiprocess) #95

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This issue was moved from epiprocess to epipredict due to the latter loading the datasets.

There are five different geo_type's recognized, but we only have "county" and "state". We don't have geo_type's "hrr", "hhs", "nation" and "custom".

  • "county" (not country): 5-digit FIPS code in the US
  • "hrr": USA hospital referral region, from 1 to 457
  • "state": (USA) State, including Puerto Rico ("pr") and Washington D.C. ("dc"), abbreviated by a two-letter lowercase state code such as "wa" for Washington (state) and "tx" for Texas
  • "hhs": U.S. HHS region, coded by number between 1 and 10
  • "nation": country, coded with a lowercase ISO 31661 alpha-2 country code, such as "us" for the United States and "ca" for Canada (not California in this context)
  • "custom": anything else, for example health regions in BC; one can use shorthand codes for these as well such as "vch" for Vancouver Coastal Health in this example. Also, states in Australia are here, even with a predefined "state" geo_type (should perhaps be made unambiguous).

Here are a few things to note:

  • There are no name conflicts with two-letter codes with Canadian provinces with the two-letter codes of US states, meaning that "state" could also accommodate provinces
  • If we were to include other countries (including Canada) and/or other type of geo_type's, one would need to consider the context. Here are two examples: For example, "wa" can refer to Washington state in the US or Western Australia state in Australia, both of which use "wa" as a code and are called "states."

Here are the ones that are not here yet:

  • "hrr"
  • "hhs"
  • "nation"
  • "custom"

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