Data2go.nyc
The platform allows users to map a number of New York City-related health variables, such as deaths from cancer or pre-term births, against demographic indicators such as race, income and education level. A holistic understanding of the relation between health and identity is invaluable to policymakers in the fight to ensure that the neediest populations in a city are served. The platform's measures The American Human Development Index, a composite well-being measure made up of health, education, and income indicators; it is expressed on a ten-point scale, and 10 is the highest score possible. Users can search by individual indicator or by neighborhood and each neighborhood has overall rating.
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Dataset(s): Measure of America's indexes, including US Census, departments of education, immigration, 3-1-1, city budgets, police department, voting records
Visualization: Map, Dashboard
Jurisdiction: New York City
Developed by: Measure of America
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