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<div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>The <a href='https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>County Health Rankings</a>, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, measure the health of nearly all counties in the nation and rank them within states. This feature layer contains 2020 County Health Rankings data for nation, state, and county levels. The Rankings are compiled using county-level measures from a variety of national and state data sources. </div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Some example measures are:</div><div><ul><li>adult smoking</li><li>physical inactivity</li><li>flu vaccinations</li><li>child poverty</li><li>driving alone to work</li></ul><span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>To see a full list of variables, as well as their definitions and descriptions, explore the Fields information by clicking the </span><b>Data tab</b><span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'> here in the Item Details. </span><span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>These measures are standardized and combined using scientifically-informed weights.</span></div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><i>"By ranking the health of nearly every county in the nation, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) illustrates how where we live affects how well and how long we live. CHR&R also shows what each of us can do to create healthier places to live, learn, work, and play – for everyone."</i></div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Some <b>new features of the 2020 Rankings data</b> compared to previous versions:</div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><ul><li>More race/ethnicity categories, including Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native</li><li>Reliability flags that to flag an estimate as unreliable</li><li><a href='https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/sites/default/files/media/document/Measure%20changes%202019-2020.pdf' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>5 new variables</a>: math scores, reading scores, juvenile arrests, suicides, and traffic volume</li></ul></div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><br /></div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;'><b><font size='4'>Data Processing Notes:</font></b></div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;'><b><font size='3'>Data downloaded March 2020</font></b></div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Slight modifications made to the <a href='https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/rankings-data-documentation' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>source data</a> are as follows:</div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><ul><li>The string " raw value" was removed from field labels/aliases so that auto-generated legends and pop-ups would only have the measure's name, not "(measure's name) raw value" and strings such as "(%)", "rate", or "per 100,000" were added depending on the type of measure.</li><li>Percentage and Prevalence fields were multiplied by 100 to make them easier to work with in the map.</li><li>For demographic variables only, the word "numerator" was removed and the word "population" was added where appropriate.<br /></li><li>Fields dropped from analytic data file: </li><ul><li>year</li><li>all fields ending in "_cihigh" and "_cilow"</li><li>and any variables that are not listed in the <a href='https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/measures-data-sources/2020-measures' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>sources and years documentation</a>.</li></ul><li>Analytic data file was then merged with state-specific ranking files so that all county rankings and subrankings are included in this layer.</li></ul></div>
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