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CDC PLACES August 2022 Newsletter

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August 1, 2022


PLACES provides model-based, population-level analysis and community estimates of health measures to all counties, places, census tracts, and ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) across the United States. Learn more about PLACES.



PLACES Highlighted as a Public Health Tool


A recently published article titled “PLACES: Local Data for Better Health” in Preventing Chronic Disease highlights PLACES estimation methods and applications and describes how PLACES has been and can be used to support public health action. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd19.210459 


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2022 Release of County Health Rankings & Roadmaps

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  • This year CHR&R added 7 new actionable measures related to income, education, family and social support, and health outcomes.


September Is Healthy Aging and National Cholesterol Education Month


Helpful Tips

The PLACES Data Portal includes an Embed button to provide HTML iframe code to embed data tables to your website.


Did you know that you can add a PLACES badge or button to your website? Check Multimedia | PLACES: Local Data for Better Health | CDC


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PLACES in Practice 

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How is your team using PLACES data?

Please share your stories and experience with us by emailing PLACES@cdc.gov. You can also send questions to this mailbox.


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