US Demographic Health Factors

Relation Between Demographics and Health Risks

In this Data-Driven Document (D3) project, the collected information from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System has been used to explore the relations between demographics and health risk factors. Each marker represents an individual state in The USA. Click on any of the axis titles to start exploring!



Correlations Discovered Between Health Risks and Age, Income

Lower income was consistently associated with higher smoking prevalence,the states with lower median income have significantly higher smoking prevalence. Also Data visualisation shows smoking rate is higher among adults between 36-42 years old.

In generall,overall obesity prevalence decreased with increased levels of income, as we see the states with higher median income and lower poverty percentage have significantly lower obesity prevalence. Among adult between 36-38 years old, the obesity prevalence is higher.

Data visualisation shows overall healthcare improves with increase in median inocome, in general the states with median income above $65,000 have lower lacks healthcare. Although there is some exception, like Alaska and New Jersey

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