As part of the Arizona Health Improvement Plan (AZHIP), Arizona State University (ASU)
provided technical assistance to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) Data
Advisory Committee (DAC) to create a modified social vulnerability index (SVI) that tailors to
the health, environment, socioeconomics, and demographics of Arizona, the “AZSVI”. The basis
for the AZSVI is the “CDC/ATSDR SVI”, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The CDC index
uses 16 metrics from the US Census American Community Survey (ACS) to calculate a
vulnerability score or index for each state, county, and census tract.
The full technical documentation https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.195086
Arizona Social Vulnerability Index (AZSVI): Technical Documentation