63 - Virginia Life Expectancy Dashboard: A Tool for Addressing Health Disparities
Description/Abstract/Artist Statement
There are a broad range of socioeconomic factors that can impact life expectancy, such as income, education, employment, access to healthcare, and more. Life expectancy and the factors that influence it can vary widely between relatively small geographies. For localities to minimize health disparities, a visualization tool can be helpful to discover correlations between social determinants of health and life expectancy outcomes.
The goal of the Virginia Life Expectancy Dashboard is to create visualizations and draw correlations between health factors and life expectancy at the census tract level in Virginia.
The Virginia Life Expectancy Dashboard was created using the GIS applications ArcGIS Pro and Experience Builder. The data sources for this project include the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project, Virginia Health Opportunity Index, and CDC Social Vulnerability Index.
The Virginia Life Expectancy Dashboard is an online experience that features an interactive map displaying life expectancy and related social determinants of health at the census tract level. Additional functionalities include downloadable data tables, filtering by attribute, an interactive scatterplot visualization, and toggleable map layers.
This tool can be applied by local governments, medical providers, and public service organizations to fine tune their health care practices and goals to properly address disparities within their communities.
Faculty Advisor/Mentor
Dr. George Mcleod
Faculty Advisor/Mentor Department
Center for Geospatial Science, Education, and Analytics
College Affiliation
College of Arts & Letters
Presentation Type
Poster
Disciplines
Geographic Information Sciences | Human Geography | Public Health | Social Statistics
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63 - Virginia Life Expectancy Dashboard: A Tool for Addressing Health Disparities
There are a broad range of socioeconomic factors that can impact life expectancy, such as income, education, employment, access to healthcare, and more. Life expectancy and the factors that influence it can vary widely between relatively small geographies. For localities to minimize health disparities, a visualization tool can be helpful to discover correlations between social determinants of health and life expectancy outcomes.
The goal of the Virginia Life Expectancy Dashboard is to create visualizations and draw correlations between health factors and life expectancy at the census tract level in Virginia.
The Virginia Life Expectancy Dashboard was created using the GIS applications ArcGIS Pro and Experience Builder. The data sources for this project include the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project, Virginia Health Opportunity Index, and CDC Social Vulnerability Index.
The Virginia Life Expectancy Dashboard is an online experience that features an interactive map displaying life expectancy and related social determinants of health at the census tract level. Additional functionalities include downloadable data tables, filtering by attribute, an interactive scatterplot visualization, and toggleable map layers.
This tool can be applied by local governments, medical providers, and public service organizations to fine tune their health care practices and goals to properly address disparities within their communities.