SLIDE 1 National Center for Health Statistics
Visualizing health: Building user-focused visualizations to explore and disseminate data from statistical reports
Florence Lee, MPH Associate Service Fellow
NCHS Data and Tools for Studying Social Factors and Health 2017 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting June 25, 2017
SLIDE 2
HEALTH, UNITED STATES SPOTLIGHT
Infographic delivering from complex tables to a non-technical audience
SLIDE 3
- DHHS Secretary’s annual report on the nation’s health, submitted to the
President and Congress
- Targeted to policymakers and academics
- Encyclopedia of health data spanning four subject areas:
- 27 Chartbook figures
- 114 trend tables w/data from government, private, and international sources
- Detailed technical notes and appendix entries
HEALTH, UNITED STATES
SLIDE 4
HEALTH, UNITED STATES: Trend tables
SLIDE 5
HEALTH, UNITED STATES: Trend tables
SLIDE 6 Information about the data source Important variable definitions
HEALTH, UNITED STATES: Detailed technical notes
SLIDE 7
HEALTH, UNITED STATES: Chartbook figures
SLIDE 8
HEALTH, UNITED STATES: Description of trends
SLIDE 9
HEALTH, UNITED STATES: Comparison across groups
SLIDE 10 VISUALIZATION RESULTS: Health, United States Spotlight
Selected Health Indicators Health Status & Determinants Health Care Expenditures & Payers Health Care Utilization & Resources February 2016 June 2016 September 2016 April 2017
SLIDE 11
VISUALIZATION RESULTS: Infographic features
SLIDE 12 VISUALIZATION RESULTS: Infographic features
About the Data Panel
- Links to the data source
- Provides information from the
appendices and table notes – Respondent population – Variable definitions
SLIDE 13 VISUALIZATION RESULTS: Infographic features
Trends Panel
- Illustrates significant changes in the
trend (Stable, Increase, Decrease) based on Joinpoint analysis
- Uses a dot to indicate the presence
- f a joinpoint
SLIDE 14 VISUALIZATION RESULTS: Infographic features
Data Highlights
- Illustrates differences by
selected characteristics
- Includes graphics that are
familiar to a non-technical user
SLIDE 15 DESIGNING FOR DISSEMINATION
Screenshots of infographic modules were used to enhance Tweets.
The Medicaid Coverage module here provided images for six
- Tweets. Three are shown here.
SLIDE 16
RURAL HEALTH DATA PRODUCTS
Interactive data visualizations to guide exploration and decision-making
SLIDE 17
CDC Rural Health MMWR
NCHS data-focused paper Supplemental tables and maps CDC policy- focused commentary User-focused data visualization User-focused webinars
Suite of Dissemination Products for Rural Health
SLIDE 18 NCHS Data-Focused Paper
“Leading Causes of Death in Nonmetro and Metro Areas—United States, 1994–2014”
CDC Policy-Focused Commentary
“Reducing Potentially Excess Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death in Rural United States”
SLIDE 19 Rural-urban disparities have grown even though age- adjusted deaths from heart disease & cancer have fallen.
50 100 150 200 250 300 1999 2004 2009 2014 Rate per 100,000 Population
Heart Disease
Nonmetropolitan Metropolitan 50 100 150 200 250 300 1999 2004 2009 2014 Rate per 100,000 Population
Cancer
SLIDE 20 Unintentional injury death rates have increased in parallel. Chronic lower respiratory disease rates have diverged.
25 50 75 100 1999 2004 2009 2014 Rate per 100,000 Population
Unintentional Injury
Nonmetropolitan Metropolitan 25 50 75 100 1999 2004 2009 2014 Rate per 100,000 Population
Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease
SLIDE 21 43% 24% 57% 54% 38% 28% 13% 39% 31% 26% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Heart Disease Cancer Unintentional Injury Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease Stroke % Potentially Excess Nonmetropolitan Metropolitan
Percentages of observed deaths that are potentially excess are higher in rural than urban areas.
SLIDE 22
CDC Rural Health MMWR
NCHS data-focused paper Supplemental tables and maps CDC policy- focused commentary User-focused data visualization User-focused webinars
Suite of Dissemination Products for Rural Health
SLIDE 23
Drilling Down to the State x Locality Level
SLIDE 24
Drilling Down to the State x Locality Level
SLIDE 25
Prioritizing at the Region x Locality Level
SLIDE 26 For more information, contact CDC 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636) TTY: 1-888-232-6348 www.cdc.gov The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the
- fficial position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CONTACT INFORMATION Florence Lee flee2@cdc.gov 301-458-4694
