74 PLACES: Local Data for Better Health
74.1 Organization
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
74.3 Description
- Provides health data for small areas
- Allows local health departments and jurisdictions, regardless of population size and rurality, to better understand the burden and geographic distribution of health measures in their areas and assist them in planning public health interventions
- 2022 data includes estimates for 29 measures: 13 for health outcomes, 9 for preventive services use, 4 for chronic disease-related health risk behaviors, and 3 for health status
74.5 Observational Unit
All counties, places (incorporated and census designated places), census tracts, or ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) across the United States
74.6 Collection Methodology
- Model-based area-level estimates
- In the 2022 release, 25 of the estimates are based on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2020 data and 4 (high blood pressure, taking high blood pressure medication, high cholesterol, and cholesterol screening) are based on 2019 BRFSS data.
74.7 Available at
https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/browse?category=500+Cities+%26+Places