The information collected from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The dataset is based on 2014 ACS 1-year estimates. Explore the relationship between demographics and health risk factors. Each marker represents an individual state in the US.
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Lower income was consistently associated with higher smoking. Also, the data visualisation shows smoking rate is higher among adults between 36-42 years old.
In generall,overall obesity decreased with increased levels of income, as we see the states with higher median income and lower poverty percentage have significantly lower obesity. Obesity is higher among adults between 36-38 years old.
Data visualisation shows overall healthcare improves with increase in median inocome, in general the States with median income above $65,000 has a lower lacks healthcare rate. Although there are some exceptions, like Alaska and New Jersey.