Geographic Health Disparities — BRFSS 2024

Explore state-level health indicator patterns across the United States

📊 Data Source

CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2024 public-use data file

🔬 Risk Factors

Current smoking (_RFSMOK3), Diabetes (DIABETE4), Prediabetes (PREDIAB2), Obesity - BMI≥30 (_RFBMI5), Heart Disease (CVDCRHD4)

🎮 Interactions

  • Hover over bars to see detailed statistics
  • Switch metrics between prevalence (%) and case counts
  • Customize to explore specific risk factor combinations

🗺️ Geographic Analysis

This choropleth map shows health indicator prevalence across U.S. states. Darker colors indicate higher prevalence rates.

💡 Usage

Hover over states to see exact values. Select different indicators to compare geographic patterns across health metrics.

👥 Demographic Disparities

Compare health outcomes across different demographic groups to identify health equity gaps and at-risk populations.

🔗 Risk Factor Clustering

Explore how different health conditions and risk behaviors co-occur to identify patterns of multimorbidity and high-risk populations.