Maximum Temperature – Average Days Above 99th Percentile

This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above a specific threshold in the 95th, 98th, and 99th percentile. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).

Maximum Temperature – Average Days Above 95th Percentile

This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above a specific threshold in the 95th, 98th, and 99th percentile. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).

Heat Index – Average Days Above 98th Percentile

This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above the 98th percentile between 2017-2019 at the county level. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).

Heat Index – Average Days Above 95th Percentile

This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above the 95th percentile between 2014-2016 at the county level. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).

Adults with no Leisure-Time Physical Activity by County, 2019

This updated layer displays the estimated percentage of adults who do not participate in any leisure-time physical activity by county. These figures are multi-year modeled estimates based on survey data from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Data update! View updated map layers from the CDC’s BRFSS Places!

Map data topics include preventative health, risk behaviors, and health outcomes. 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 term BRFSS PLACES.