Preventable Hospitalizations, Rate per 1,000 Medicare Beneficiaries, 2014

Layer displays the rate at which Medicare beneficiaries were hospitalized for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) in 2014. ACSC conditions are are potentially preventable given appropriate primary and preventive care. Data are acquired from the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare and mapped by Hospital Service Area, County, and State.

Majority-Minority Schools

This layer displays the location of public schools where the majority (50% or more) of the student body is a minority race or ethnicity (American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Pacific Islander, or Multiple Race). This point-level data is acquired from the 2014-2015 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD).

Multi-Family Assisted Housing

Layer displays the approximate locations of Multifamily Assisted Housing properties that are monitored by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The three largest assistance programs for Multifamily housing are Section 8 (Project Based Assistance), Section 202 (Supportive Housing for the Elderly), and Section 811 (Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities).