Using This Site: Data, Trends, and Maps
This database from CDC’s Division of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention’s Data, Trends, and Maps online tool allows you to search for and view health indicators related to heart disease and stroke prevention. You can search based on a specific location, data source, or health indicator. You can view corresponding data nationally, by state, and selected locations. In the tabs below, learn more about exploring the data:
- By specific indicators
- For a specific location
- Via a comparison report that shows all indicators for several locations side by side
- With your own filtered dataset, customized visualizations, and downloaded data
Explore by Topic page allows you to select and view one indicator across all available locations. Because Explore by Topic allows you to view data at the state-level only, a limited number of priority areas (Million Hearts and Healthy People 2030) and data sources (BRFSS, HCUP, Medicare, NHANES, NHIS, and NVSS) will be available from the drop-down menus in this section. Priority areas and data sources corresponding to national and regional data will not display in the drop-down menus when exploring by topic.
To begin, filter the data by Priority Area, Data Source, or All Indicators. Then choose a Topic from the drop-down menu. Select your preferred year and click GO. By default, the system displays the indicator data in map format. You can then choose to view the data in chart or table format, and use the “Year” and “View By” fields within the panel to further stratify the data.
Viewing a Map
After selecting a filter and topic, a color-coded map displays the data for one indicator. You can choose a different indicator by using the drop-down menu. A legend explaining the colors is displayed to the right of the map.
Viewing a Chart
You can view data in a bar chart format by clicking the chart icon next to the map icon.
Note: If a location does not have data for a particular indicator, the location is not displayed in the chart.
Viewing Data in Table Format
You can view data in table format by clicking the table icon next to the chart icon.
Footnotes/Notes/Calculation Details/Data Source
The Footnotes, Notes, and Data Source information at the bottom of the panel provide more information for the content displayed. This section explains the symbols displayed on the page, displays important notes about the data, and lists the data source. Calculation Details are also included inside the panel in this section and are indicator specific. To hide this section, click the Hide Footnotes link at the top of the panel. To redisplay this section, click the Show Footnotes link.
Suggested Citation
The suggested citation section provides citation information for the data displayed on the page.
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Related Links
The related links section contains links to relative websites that are not part of Data, Trends, and Maps.
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Explore by Location allows you to select a location and view data at the national, regional, or state-level. You can select up to eight indicators to display. To view data, select a location and filter by option. Then choose a Priority Area and Topic to explore from the dropdown lists and click GO. The system displays the data in one to eight small panels. You can view one year of data or all available years, stratify data by demographic characteristics, and view data in graph or table format.
DHDSP DTM data by data source and data type:
- State-level Data: BRFSS, HCUP, Medicare, NVSS
- National Data (US): HCUP, Medicare, NHANES, NHIS, NVSS
- National data (Median of all states): BRFSS
- Regional Data: NHIS
- Priority Area 1 (Million Hearts): HCUP, NHANES
- Priority Area 3 (Healthy People 2030): BRFSS, NHANES, NHIS, NVSS
The Explore by Location Page
Selecting Indicators to View
By default, the system displays the first 8 indicators. The maximum number of indicators you can display on a page at one time is 8.
To change the indicators displayed:
- Click the “Select Indicators to View” link. The system displays the “Select Indicators to View” pop-up window.
- Change the selected indicator(s).
Note: You cannot select more than 8 indicators to display at one time.
- Click OK to keep your changes. The system displays data for the newly selected indicators on the Explore by Location page.
Footnotes/Notes/Calculation Details/Data Source
The Footnotes and Data Source section at the bottom of each panel provide more information for the content displayed in the panel. This section explains the symbols displayed on the page and lists the data source. Notes and Calculation Details are also included and are indicator specific. To hide all footnotes, notes, calculation details, and the data source, click the Hide Footnotes link at the top of the panel. To redisplay this section, click the Show Footnotes link.
Suggested Citation
Citation information for the data displayed on the page.
Related Links
Links to relative websites that are not part of Data, Trends, and Maps.
The Comparison Report allows you to compare the available indicators for up to five locations. Start by clicking Add/Remove Locations. You can return to this button to add or remove locations while creating your report.
Select up to five locations. National-United States is selected by default. Deselect United States if you do not want national data in your comparison. Click Submit.
The search report window allows you to search the report for key words such as Stroke or Obesity. Click on Show Options to show or hide confidence intervals and missing data rows.
Click the plus sign next to each indicator to see data or click Expand All to see available data for all indicators. Click Save as PDF or CSV to download the data.
Click View Definition to get additional information about how indicators were calculated. Click View All Locations to get a US map for that indicator.
Data Source and Global Footnotes
The bottom of the page provides more information for the content displayed in the panel. This section displays important notes about the data and lists the data source.
Suggested Citation
Citation information for the data displayed on the page.
Related Links
Links to relative websites that are not part of Data, Trends, and Maps.
