Data, Methods & Sources
SCAN 360 summarizes and displays information on dozens of disease risk factors and health outcomes using more than a dozen national, state and private sources of data including: the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Florida’s Department of Health.
Most estimates are reported for the State of Florida, its 67 counties and 921 census-defined places (CDP), and the 11 City of Miami districts (aka ‘neighborhoods’), however, due to limitations of particular data sources, some estimates can only be reported at the county level.
The rest of this section details the factors that are reported in SCAN 360, organized by data source.
Socio-Demographic Factors
The American Community Survey (ACS)
Eighteen socioeconomic factors (shown below) are reported. These 2016 5-year estimates are pulled from the US Census’ American Community Survey using API calls.
The table below lists the ACS table name, its associated table number, the function that process it from the ‘neighborhood’ package, and the resulting levels of that variable.
ACS Tables and Associated Neighborhood Package Functions with Levels
|
Table Name |
ACS Table Number |
Levels |
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Sex by Age |
B01001 |
Five –year age groups by sex: 0-4/5-9/10-14/15-19/…/75-79/80-84/85+ |
|
Travel Time to Work |
B08303 |
90 or more/less than 90/less than 60/less than 45/less than 30/less than 15 |
|
Educational Attainment |
B15003 |
Advanced Degree/Bachelor’s Degree/ Associate’s Degree/Some College/High School Diploma or GED/Some High School/Less than 9th Grade/No School |
|
Language Spoken at Home |
B16001 |
Speak other than English/Speak only English |
|
Hispanic or Latino Origin |
B03003 |
Hispanic or Latino/Not Hispanic or Latino |
|
Median Household Income in the Past 12 Months |
B19013 |
No levels – actual median shown |
|
Health Insurance Coverage by Sex and Age |
B27001 |
By Sex: Male/Female By Age: Youth(0-17)/Adult(18-64)/Senior(65+) |
|
Health Insurance Coverage by Sex, Age, and Type |
B27012 |
By Sex: Male/Female By Age: Youth(0-17)/Adult(18-64)/Senior(65+) By Type: Employer-based/Medicaid/Medicare/Private |
|
Nativity |
B05012 |
Foreign-Born/Native |
|
Percentage of Population Over 65 Years Old |
B01001 |
No levels – percentage shown |
|
Total Population in Occupied Housing Units by Tenure |
B25008_002/B25008_003* |
Rent/Own |
|
Ratio of Income to Poverty Level |
C17002 |
More than 2x Poverty Threshold/Less than 2x Poverty Threshold/Less than Poverty Threshold |
|
Race |
B02001 |
Two or More Races/Pacific Islander/Asian/Native American/Black/White |
|
Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income |
B25070 |
Extreme Rent Burden (>30%)/Rent Burden (<30%) |
|
Employment Status |
B23025 |
Unemployed/Employed |
|
Vacancy Status |
B25004 |
Other Vacant/For Migrant Workers/Occasional Use/Sold, not Occupied/For Sale Only/ Rented, not Occupied/For Rent |
|
Means of Transportation to Work by Vehicles Available |
B08141 |
At Least 1 Vehicle/No Vehicle |
|
Year Structure Built |
B25034 |
1939 or Earlier/1940 to 1949/1950 to 1959/1960 to 1969/1970 to 1979/1980 to 1989/1990 to 1999/2000 to 2009/2010 to 2013/2014 or Later |
* Data for this factor was pulled from two separate variables from the same table.
Missouri Census Data Center MABLE/Geocorr 14
Cancer
Florida Cancer Data System (FCDS)
The FCDS statewide cancer registry includes all “reportable” cancer cases between the years 1981 and 2015. A cohort of all cases diagnosed between 2012 and 2016 is used to estimate cancer incidence in SCAN 360.
Age-adjusted Incidence
Florida Department of Health (FDOH)
The state mortality registry, obtained from the Florida Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics, contains records from 2007 to 2016. The following statistics were done for the cohort whose year of death fell between 2012 and 2016.
Age-adjusted Mortality
FLDOH Bureau of Vital Statistics
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) formula
Behavioral Risk Factors
Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Public Data
Definition
Environmental
|
Indicator |
Source |
Year |
Type |
URL |
|
Superfund Sites 4 |
EPA |
2018 |
geocoded addresses |
https://www.epa.gov/superfund/national-priorities-list-npl-sites-state#FL |
|
Nuclear Power Plants 4 |
NEI |
2018 |
geocoded addresses |
https://www.nei.org/CorporateSite/media/filefolder/resources/fact-sheets/state-fact-sheets/Florida-State-Fact-Sheet.pdf |
|
UV Exposure |
NCI |
2017 |
|
https://gis.cancer.gov/tools/uv-exposure/ |
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Radon Exposure |
EPA |
2017 |
|
http://www.epa.gov/radon/zonemap.html; http://www.city-data.com/radon-zones/Florida/Florida.html |
|
Limited Access to Healthy Food |
RWJF County Health Rankings; USDA Food Environment Atlas |
2015 |
|
|
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Food Insecurity |
RWJF County Health Rankings; Map the Meal Gap |
2015 |
|
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Food Environment Index |
RWJF County Health Rankings; USDA Food Environment Atlas, Map the Meal Gap from Feeding America |
2015 |
|
|
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Exercise Opportunities |
RWJF County Health Rankings; Business Analyst, Delorme map data, ESRI, & US Census Tigerline Files |
2016 |
|
|
|
% living within 0.5 mile of a park |
CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network |
2011 |
|
|
|
Air pollution - particulate matter PM2.5 |
RWJF County Health Rankings; Environmental Public Health Tracking Network |
2012 |
|
|
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Air Quality Index |
EPA |
2018 |
|
https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/annual_aqi_by_county_2018.zip |
|
Air toxics - annual average air concentration per m3 |
CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network |
2011 |
|
|
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% population within 150m of highway |
CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network |
2010 |
|
|
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% public schools within 150m of highway |
CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network |
2010 |
|
|
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Drinking Water Violations |
RWJF County Health Rankings; Safe Drinking Water Information System |
2016 |
|
|
|
% severe housing problems |
RWJF County Health Rankings; Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data |
2010-2014 |
|
|
|
Residential Segregation |
RWJF County Health Rankings; American Community Survey, 5-year estimates |
2012-2016 |
|
|
|
Median Income |
RWJF County Health Rankings; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates |
2016 |
|
|
|
Income Inequality |
RWJF County Health Rankings; American Community Survey, 5-year estimates |
2012-2016 |
|
|
|
SNAP redemptions/SNAP-authorized stores |
USDA Food Environment Atlas |
2018 |
|
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/DataFiles/48731/DataDownload.xls?v=0 |
|
Children in Poverty |
RWJF County Health Rankings; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates |
2016 |
|
|
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Brownfields |
Florida Geographic Data Library Metadata Explorer |
2018 |
shp files |
https://download.fgdl.org/pub/state/brownfields_areas_feb18.zip |
|
Hazardous Waste Sites |
Florida Geographic Data Library Metadata Explorer |
2018 |
shp files |
|
|
Correctional Facilities |
Florida Geographic Data Library Metadata Explorer |
2017 |
shp files |
https://download.fgdl.org/pub/state/gc_correctionalbnd_sep17.zip |
|
Fire Stations |
Florida Geographic Data Library Metadata Explorer |
2018 |
shp files |
|
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Health Care Facilities |
Florida Geographic Data Library Metadata Explorer |
2014 |
shp files |
|
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Parks |
Florida Geographic Data Library Metadata Explorer |
2017 |
shp files |
|
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Schools |
Florida Geographic Data Library Metadata Explorer |
2017 |
shp files |
|
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Mobile Home & RV Parks |
Florida Geographic Data Library Metadata Explorer |
2018 |
shp files |
|
|
Mammography Centers |
FDA |
2017 |
geocoded addresses |
https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emittingproducts/mammographyqualitystandardsactandprogram/consumerinformation/ucm113962.htm |
|
Colonoscopy Centers |
?? |
?? |
geocoded addresses |
?? |
|
WIC Centers |
WIC |
2018 |
geocoded addresses |
|
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Free clinics |
FreeClinics.com |
2018 |
geocoded addresses |
|
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HIV Testing Sites |
AIDSVu |
2020 |
geocoded addresses |
|
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PrEP sites |
AIDSVu |
2020 |
geocoded addresses |
|
|
SCCC satellite sites |
SCCC |
2018 |
geocoded addresses |
https://umiamihealth.org/sylvester-comprehensive-cancer-center/locations?category=all¤taddress=&distance=10 |
|
Academic cancer centers 4 |
FACCA |
2018 |
geocoded addresses |
|
|
DOCS health fairs |
UM Miller School of Medicine - Dept. of Community Service |
2018 |
geocoded addresses |
https://umdocs.mededu.miami.edu/projects/ |
|
Tobacco Retailers |
Florida Dept. of Business & Professional Regulation |
2018 |
|
https://www.myfloridalicense.com/wl11.asp?mode=1&SID=&brd=&typ= |
|
# of people within FEMA designated flood hazard area |
CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network |
2011 |
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