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Demographics for Other Areas
By default, the project contains demographics for the entire United States in resources/demographics.csv which has been post-processed from publicly available US Census Bureau files.
For example, you can generate synthetic patients for the state of New York:
bundle exec rake synthea:generate_state['New York']
Alternatively, you can generate a single city:
bundle exec rake synthea:generate_city['Bedford','Massachusetts']
If you crack open the config/synthea.yml file you can generate the entire population of each city, or a percentage of the population. Set synthea.sequential.population_scaling to true to generate scaled portion of the population, or false to generate everyone in the city. You can set the scale factor in synthea.sequential.population_scaling_rate.
The demographics file is a CSV file, with a single row for each city.
| Column Header | Description |
|---|---|
|
The first column has no header. It is the number of the city. The program ignores this column. |
COUNTY |
County number. Ignored. |
NAME |
City Name |
STNAME |
State Name |
POPESTIMATE2015 |
City Population |
CTYNAME |
County Name |
TOT_POP |
County Population |
TOT_MALE |
Percentage of the population that is Male. TOT_MALE and TOT_FEMALE should sum to 1.0. Legal values: 0.0 - 1.0
|
TOT_FEMALE |
Percentage of the population that is Female. TOT_MALE and TOT_FEMALE should sum to 1.0. Legal values: 0.0 - 1.0
|
WHITE |
Percentage of the population that is White. 0.0 - 1.0
|
HISPANIC |
Percentage of the population that is ethnically Hispanic. 0.0 - 1.0
|
BLACK |
Percentage of the population that is Black. 0.0 - 1.0
|
ASIAN |
Percentage of the population that is Asian. 0.0 - 1.0
|
NATIVE |
Percentage of the population that is Native or Indigenous peoples. 0.0 - 1.0
|
OTHER |
Percentage of the population that does not fit into the other racial categories. 0.0 - 1.0
|
1 |
Age Group 0..4. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
2 |
Age Group 5..9. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
3 |
Age Group 10..14. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
4 |
Age Group 15..19. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
5 |
Age Group 20..24. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
6 |
Age Group 25..29. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
7 |
Age Group 30..34. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
8 |
Age Group 35..39. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
9 |
Age Group 40..44. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
10 |
Age Group 45..49. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
11 |
Age Group 50..54. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
12 |
Age Group 55..59. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
13 |
Age Group 60..64. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
14 |
Age Group 65..69. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
15 |
Age Group 70..74. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
16 |
Age Group 75..79. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
17 |
Age Group 80..84. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
18 |
Age Group 85..110. Percentage of the population in this age group. 0.0 - 1.0
|
00..10 |
Annual Income Group $0 USD - $10K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
10..15 |
Annual Income Group $10K USD - $15K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
15..25 |
Annual Income Group $15K 1USD - $25K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
25..35 |
Annual Income Group $25K USD - $35K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
35..50 |
Annual Income Group $35K USD - $50K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
50..75 |
Annual Income Group $50K USD - $75K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
75..100 |
Annual Income Group $75K USD - $100K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
100..150 |
Annual Income Group $100K USD - $150K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
150..200 |
Annual Income Group $150K USD - $200K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
200..999 |
Annual Income Group $200K USD - $999K USD. Percentage of population. 0.0 - 1.0
|
LESS_THAN_HS |
Education Group with Less than High School education. Percentage 0.0 - 1.0
|
HS_DEGREE |
Education Group with a High School equivalent education. Percentage 0.0 - 1.0
|
SOME_COLLEGE |
Education Group with Some College education. Percentage 0.0 - 1.0
|
BS_DEGREE |
Education Group with a Bachelors Degree or Higher education (includes PhD, JD, MD). Percentage 0.0 - 1.0
|
The following columns in each row should sum to 1.0
- Gender:
TOT_MALE,TOT_FEMALE - Race:
WHITE,HISPANIC,BLACK,ASIAN,NATIVE,OTHER - Age:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 - Income:
00..10,10..15,15..25,25..35,35..50,50..75,75..100,100..150,150..200,200..999 - Education:
LESS_THAN_HS,HS_DEGREE,SOME_COLLEGE,BS_DEGREE
Gender, Race, Age, Income, and Education all play a role in health access, outcomes, and costs.
Synthea uses Gender, Race, and Age in some disease modules because these are factors in disease prevalence and incidence rates. Synthea uses Income and Education to determine a socioeconomic status. The socioeconomic calculation is here: https://github.com/synthetichealth/synthea/blob/00bd0928d353e6d713d9d4f6d1a3163a1d5103b6/lib/modules/lifecycle.rb#L460