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    • 500 Cities: Census Tract-level Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2018 release

    Metadata Updated: June 28, 2025

    2016, 2015. Data were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. The project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in conjunction with the CDC Foundation. 500 cities project census tract-level data in GIS-friendly format can be joined with census tract spatial data (https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/500-Cities/500-Cities-Census-Tract-Boundaries/x7zy-2xmx) in a geographic information system (GIS) to produce maps of 27 measures at the census tract level. There are 4 measures (high blood pressure, taking high blood pressure medication, high cholesterol, cholesterol screening) in this 2018 release from the 2015 BRFSS that were the same as the 2017 release.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    References

    https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/179/8/1025/109078
    https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/182/2/127/93984
    https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2017/17_0281.htm
    https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2018/18_0313.htm

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 28, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 28, 2025
    Publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/k25u-mg9b
    Data First Published 2023-07-18
    Data Last Modified 2023-08-25
    Category 500 Cities & Places
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 009:20
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    Program Code 009:020
    Related Documents https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/179/8/1025/109078, https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/182/2/127/93984, https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2017/17_0281.htm, https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2018/18_0313.htm
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