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| pretty_name: Flu MetroCast Hub — sub-state flu hosp forecast target |
| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| size_categories: |
| - 10K<n<100K |
| tags: |
| - cadence-weekly |
| - geo-us |
| - surveillance-respiratory |
| - pathogen-influenza |
| - tier-2 |
| - availability-open |
| schema_version: '0.1' |
| source_id: flu-metrocast-hub |
| source_url: https://reichlab.io/metrocast-dashboard/ |
| manifest_section: §4.6 |
| surveillance_category: respiratory |
| pathogens: |
| - influenza |
| availability: open |
| availability_notes: null |
| access_type: github |
| tier: 2 |
| cadence: weekly |
| geography_levels: |
| - subnational-city |
| geography_countries: |
| - US |
| gold_standard_for: [] |
| vintaged_version_of: null |
| succeeds: null |
| derived_from: [] |
| value_columns: |
| - name: value |
| unit: admissions/week |
| value_type: incident |
| description: Flu hospital admissions / ED visits for the metro area |
| aggregation: sum |
| notes: |
| extra_columns: |
| - column: target |
| description: Hubverse target identifier (e.g. 'wk inc flu hosp metro'). |
| - column: location_name |
| description: MetroCast metro identifier (city / county). `location_id` is `US-METRO-<id>` synthetic. |
| interpretation_caveats: |
| - column: value |
| caveat: 'Metro definitions vary by jurisdiction (NYC = 5 boroughs; LA = LA County; etc.). |
| |
| Don''t sum metros to recover state — they don''t tile cleanly. |
| |
| ' |
| general: 'Truth-only ingest, model forecasts handled separately. |
| |
| ' |
| extra: |
| schema_proposal: '`subnational-city` location level needed a synthetic prefix (`US-METRO-`) because the |
| |
| schema''s regex for that level is permissive but un-anchored to a registry. Worth |
| |
| formalising: maintain a `metro_registry.yaml` with city codes and human names. |
| |
| ' |
| computed: |
| last_ingested: '2026-04-26T12:48:50Z' |
| row_count: 132242 |
| time_coverage: |
| - start: '2024-08-03' |
| end: '2026-04-18' |
| geography_unit_count: 77 |
| observed_cadence_days: 7 |
| missing_gaps: [] |
| data_hash: 9b5355d031f000d2 |
| --- |
| |
| # Flu MetroCast Hub — sub-state flu hosp forecast target |
|
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| Truth-only ingest, model forecasts handled separately. |
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| **Source:** <https://reichlab.io/metrocast-dashboard/> |
|
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| ## Coverage |
|
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| - **Time:** 2024-08-03 → 2026-04-18 |
| - **Cadence:** `weekly` (observed median spacing: 7 days) |
| - **Geography levels:** `subnational-city` — 77 unique location IDs |
| - **Countries:** US |
| - **Pathogens:** `influenza` |
| - **Surveillance category:** `respiratory` |
| - **Rows:** 132,242 |
|
|
| ## Columns |
|
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| | Column | Unit | value_type | Aggregation | Description | |
| |--------|------|------------|-------------|-------------| |
| | `value` | admissions/week | `incident` | `sum` | Flu hospital admissions / ED visits for the metro area | |
| |
| ### Additional data columns |
| |
| - **`target`** — Hubverse target identifier (e.g. 'wk inc flu hosp metro'). |
| - **`location_name`** — MetroCast metro identifier (city / county). `location_id` is `US-METRO-<id>` synthetic. |
|
|
| ## Interpretation caveats |
|
|
| Things that may differ from how other sources define a similar measure. If you're combining this dataset with another, read these first. |
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| - **`value`** — Metro definitions vary by jurisdiction (NYC = 5 boroughs; LA = LA County; etc.). |
| Don't sum metros to recover state — they don't tile cleanly. |
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| ## Access |
|
|
| - **Availability:** `open` |
| - **Access type:** `github` |
| - **License:** cc-by-4.0 |
| - **Tier:** 2 |
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| *Schema version `0.1` · Last ingested 2026-04-26T12:48:50Z · `source_id: flu-metrocast-hub` · Manifest section §4.6* |
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