Data is the key to diagnosing and addressing some of our region’s most pressing health issues, and by making robust and up-to-date information available to the public, ExploreMOHealth is helping to further the missions of MFH and MHA to improve health and the health care system while also supporting other health related initiatives across the state with data for better decision-making.
Our team has been hard at work the past couple of months integrating new data. We are excited to share the 2011-2015 data from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the recently released indicators from the 500 Cities Project.
Effectively addressing America’s infrastructure needs begins with knowing where to make the most strategic investments. And that is where GIS can play an important role.
The official poverty rate for the United States declined in 2015 to 13.5 percent from a rate of 14.8 percent in 2014. However, this decrease in poverty was not uniform across states or Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).
Community Commons launched a new website January 2019 and many stories regarding Salud America! were not carried forward. However, Salud America! is such a valuable resource that we want to make sure you find what you are looking for. You […]
The 500 Cities Project is a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the CDC Foundation. The 500 Cities project aims to provide city- and census tract-level small area estimates for chronic […]
Our team has been hard at work the past couple of months integrating new data. We are excited to share the 2011-2015 data from the American Community Survey (ACS) and the recently released indicators from the 500 Cities Project.
More organizations and data collectors are taking strides to include questions that help us better understand the LGBT community. This article explores how a few of them are doing it and what they’re learning in the process.
Metropolitan Statistical Areas, or MSA’s, is a term often used when describing data geography. MSA’s are defined as: Geographic entities delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use by Federal statistical agencies in collecting, tabulating, and publishing […]
In its heyday of the 1910s and 20s, more than 700,000 jobs were provided by the coal industry. In Appalachia, that number now hovers around 44,000 – with not much coming in to fill the void.