Heart Disease Mortality for 2016-20 by County

This layer displays heart disease mortality rates from the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System – Mortality database.  Data are 5-year aggregates for 2016-20 and grouped by ICD-10 codes.

Ambulatory Visits after Medical Discharge

Layers display 30-day readmission rates, emergency room visits within 30 days of discharge, and follow-up visits within 14 days of discharge for Medicare beneficiaries as of year 2019 by county, state, and Hospital Service Area (HSA). Data are obtained from the Dartmouth Atlas Post-Discharge Events. Affected map layers:

  • Readmissions after Medical Discharge
  • Readmissions after Surgical Discharge
  • Primary Care Visits after Surgical Discharge
  • ER Visits after Surgical Discharge
  • Primary Care Visits after Medical Discharge
  • Ambulatory Visits after Medical Discharge
  • ER Visits after Medical Discharge

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 959h percentile between 2019-2021 at the county level. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).

School Segregation Index

This layer displays the extent to which students within different race and ethnicity groups are unevenly distributed across schools when compared with the racial and ethnic composition of the local population. The index ranges from 0 to 1 with lower values representing a school composition that approximates race and ethnicity distributions in the student populations within the county, and higher values representing more segregation.

Air Toxics – Non-Cancer Risk by Census Tract

Layer displays the modeled non-cancer risk associated with air toxics exposure. A hazard index (HI) of 1 or lower means air toxics are unlikely to cause adverse noncancer health effects over a lifetime of exposure.

Chilcare Centers

This layer displays the number of childcare centers per 1,000 population under 5 years old.

Student Loan Debt, 2022

This layer displays debt information at the state and county levels from the Urban Institute’s 2022 Debt in America. Data includes medical debt, student loan debt, automobile debt, retail debt and any debt in collections based on February 2022 credit bureau records.