This layer displays the location of Food Deserts across the United States based on conditions in 2015. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Working Group considers a food desert as a low-income census tract where a substantial number or share of residents has low access to a supermarket or large grocery store.
Heat Index – Average Days Above 99th Percentile
This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above the 99th 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).
Emergency Department Visits, Rate by County, 2019
This layer displays the total number and rate of Medicare inpatient or hospital outpatient emergency department visits per 1,000 beneficiaries.
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 2017-2019 at the county level. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).
30-Day Hospital Readmission by County, 2019
This layer displays the percentage of Medicare inpatient readmissions within 30 days of an acute hospital stay during then reference period.
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).
Ambulance Events, Rate by County, 2019
This layer displays the total number and rate of ambulance events among Medicare beneficiaries.
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).
Chronic Absenteeism by School District, 2017-18
This layer displays the rate of chronic absenteeism (students missing 15 or more school days) during the 2017-18 school year.
Highly represented non-white Race/Ethnicity Groups
This layer displays where non-white race and ethnicity groups are highly represented in the U.S.