Keyword: Health

New Data! Visit the Map Room to access data for four new map layers from the CDC’s BRFSS Places!

In Data News, 2021-12-08

New data include prevalence estimates for adult depression, high cholesterol, blood pressure control, and general health status. Estimates from the PLACES Project are available at the county, city, ZIP Code, and census tract levels for nearly every community in the United States. For more map layers from this series, search the Map Room for the terms BRFSS PLACES.

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Adult Obesity by County, 2019

In Data News, 2021-11-13

This updated layer displays the estimated percentage of adults who are in obese by county. These figures are multi-year modeled estimates based on survey data from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

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Adult Obesity by County, 2018

In Data News, 2021-11-13

This updated layer displays the estimated percentage of adults who are in obese by county. These figures are multi-year modeled estimates based on survey data from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

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Health Professional Shortage Areas and Components

In Data News, 2025-05-12

This layer displays the location and characteristics of Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) components. The HPSA component layer is different from other HPSA layers in that each HPSA is broken down from irregular geographic areas, like service areas, to standard census geographic areas – census tracts, county subdivisions, and counties. Data are current as of April 28, 2025.

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Providers of Service

In Data News, 2024-02-01

This layer displays the point locations of all providers of service (POS) in the U.S. The POS database contains the addresses and characteristics of all health care providers, including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rural health clinics, and more.

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