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 2014-2016 at the county level. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).

Preventable Hospitalization by County, 2020

This layer displays the total number and rate of preventable hospitalization events among Medicare beneficiaries. Preventable hospitalizations include hospital admissions for one or more of the following conditions: diabetes with short-term complications, diabetes with long-term complications, uncontrolled diabetes without complications, diabetes with lower-extremity amputation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, hypertension, heart failure, bacterial pneumonia, or urinary tract infection. Rates are presented per 100,000 beneficiaries.

Auction 904: Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase 1 Results

This layer displays the revised winning bid areas of the first phase of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, updated in October, 2021. Areas are no longer colored based on performance tier and latency as that data is not available in the updated dataset.

Community Resilience Estimates – Predominant Risk Factor

This layer displays the predominant risk factor, i.e., the total number and percentage of residents with 3+, 1-2, or 0 risk factors in each census tract, county, and state, as of year 2019. Data is obtained from the Census Bureau’s Small Area Estimates Program.