Layer displays information about the population without insurance from the American Community Survey (ACS). Data from the 2008-2012 5-Year estimates is available at the state, county, PUMA, and census tract geographic levels. For more health insurance data from the ACS, browse the Map Room data and navigate to Health>Insurance.
Disability Status
Layer displays disability status data from the American Community Survey (ACS). Data from the 2008-2012 5-Year estimates is available at the state, county, PUMA, and census tract geographic levels.
Access to Primary Care Providers
This layer displays the estimated number of all primary care physicians within 10, 25, or 50 miles of each census tract. Primary care physicians are those MDs or DOs specializing in family practice, general practice, pediatric medicine, or internal medicine. Physician directory and location data are from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician and Other Supplier 2012 Public Use File (PUF), which was released in April 2014, and from the 2013 CMS Physician Compare National Downloadable File. Additional data analysis was performed by CARES.
Business Vacancies by Census Tract
This layer displays business vacancy rates and total business vacancies in census tracts across the United States. Data is for the 4th quarter of 2013 and was released in March 2014.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Indicators
Multi-year estimates for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for 2006-2012 have been released! Data has been updated for 17 indicators relating to health behaviors, clinical care, and health outcomes. For more data layers from this update, search the Map Room for the term BRFSS.
Uninsured Population by County
Layer displays information about the insurance status of the population age 0-64. The data are from the 2012 Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, released by the US Census Bureau in March 2014.
Male / Female Income Ratio
Layer displays information about the wage difference between working males and working females. Data is from the 2008-12 American Community Survey.
Population Unable to Afford Rental Housing at Fair Market Rents
Layer display data from the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2014 Out of Reach data release. Data is available at the county level and depicts the total number and percentage of renters likely to be cost-burdened (spending more than 30% of income on housing) at Fair Market Rent rates.
Children with Over 4 Hours of Screen Time per Day
This layer displays the percentage of children age 0 – 17 whose parents report that they spend more than 4 hours per day, on average, watching television or playing video games. This state-level data comes from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). For additional map layers from this series, search the Map Room for the term NSCH .
Cost of Meals Eaten Away from Home
This layer displays information about the average cost of meals eaten away from home by US Census Division. Data was acquired from the 2nd Quarter 2012 Food-Away-From-Home Prices Database, released by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS). Toggle data types to view the average cost of meals at full service restaurants, the average cost of meals eaten at limited-service restaurants, and charted comparisons between the two.