The CDC data is lagged and has a degree of data suppression. However, we use CDC data when states do not publicly report mortality statistics by race or when the CDC data is found to be more robust than the data found on state websites. In the case of New York, CDC data was used only for the balance of the state outside of New York City, which reports its own statistics. For New Jersey, we have used the CDC data for the estimate of Indigenous deaths only, as the state does not report them.