Data sources

American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates

ACS

Yearly population percentages, health insurance rates, and poverty rates at the national, state and county levels.

Topics this source feeds

Each topic page explains how this source is used, with its calculations and known gaps.

HIV

How the tracker measures HIV prevalence, new diagnoses, deaths, PrEP coverage, linkage to care and stigma, including the measures for Black women, using CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus data.

Chronic Disease

How the tracker measures COPD, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease using America’s Health Rankings and County Health Rankings.

Behavioral Health

How the tracker measures depression, excessive drinking, frequent mental distress, suicide and non-medical drug use.

Political Determinants of Health

How the tracker measures incarceration in jails and prisons, women in legislative office and voter participation, and why these political forces shape health.

Social Determinants of Health

How the tracker measures poverty, uninsurance, care avoidance due to cost and preventable hospitalizations.

COVID-19

How the tracker built its COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and vaccination measures, and how it handled missing and suppressed data.

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