data-dictionary_city-health-equity.xlsx

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1		Region	Geographic region of the United States	Unit	US Census Bureau Regions and Divisions of the United States
2	Summary Demographics
3		City Type	City type was based on urban planning concepts that catalogue cities by their spatial location within metropolitan regions, past and present development patterns and urban form, population size, etc.	Text	Researchers' own categorization
4		Metroarea population	Metropolitan statistical areas	Text	20142018 American Community Survey
5		City population	City population in 2018, defined as "place" in the US Census data	Number	20142018 American Community Survey
6		Population Trend	The population trend for each municipality was defined by comparing the population in 2013 with the population in 2018.	Text	20142018 American Community Survey and 20092013 American Community Survey
7		Percent Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	Percent Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
8		Percent population White alone	Percent of population who are nonHispanic white	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
9		Percent population Black or African American alone	Percent of population Black or African American alone	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
10		Percent population American Indian or Alaska tive	Percent of population American Indian or Alaska tive alone	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
11		Percent population Asian alone	Percent of population Asian alone	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
12		Percent population tive Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	Percent of population tive Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
13	Economic and Housing Demographics
14		Share below 100 percent of FPL	Percent of population making incomes below the federal poverty line for a family of four	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
15		Share between 100 percent and 149 percent of FPL	Percent of the population making incomes between 100Percent and 149Percent of the federal poverty line for a family of four	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
16		Total unemployment (Percent)	Percent of the entire city population that is unemployed	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
17		Unemployment rate Hispanic or Latino origin of any race		Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
18		Unemployment rate White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	Percent of the city's White nonHispanic population that is unemployed	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
19		Unemployment rate Black or African American alone	Percent of the city's Black or African American population that is unemployed	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
20		Unemployment rate American Indian or Alaska tive alone	Percent of the city's American Indian or Alaska tive population that is unemployed	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
21		Unemployment rate Asian alone	Percent of the city's Asian population that is unemployed	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
22		Unemployment rate tive Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	Percent of the city's tive Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population that is unemployed	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
23		Percent homeowner	Percent owneroccupied housing	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
24		Percent renter	Percent renteroccupied housing	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
25		Renter housing cost burden 35 percent or more	Gross rent as a percentage of household income 35 percent or more	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
26		Owner housing cost burden 35 percent or more	Selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of household income 35 percent or more among units with a mortgage	Percent	20142018 American Community Survey
27	Health Indicators
28		Asthma	Percentage of residents older than 18 who reported having been told by a doctor, nurse, or health professiol that they have asthma (2017)	Percent	500 Cities: Local Data for Better Health, 2019
29		Housing with potential lead risk	Percentage of the city’s housing stock with potential elevated lead risk (2018)	Percent	City Health Dashboard
30		Cardiovascular Disease Deaths	Deaths because of cardiovascular disease per 100,000 people (2017)	Number per 100,000	City Health Dashboard
31		Physical Activity	No leisuretime physical activity in past month among adults 18 years or older (2017)	Percent	City Health Dashboard
32		Park access	Percentage of the population living within a 10minute walk of green space (2018)	Percent	City Health Dashboard
33		Walkability	Neighborhood amenities accessible by walking, as calculated by Walk Score (2019)	Percent	City Health Dashboard
34		Limited access to healthy foods	Population living more than half a mile from the nearest supermarket, supercenter, or large grocery store (2015)	Percent	City Health Dashboard
35		Obesity	Percentage of adults 18 years or older who are considered to be obese (2017)	Percent	City Health Dashboard
36		Air pollution	Average daily concentration of fine particle matter per cubic meter (2016)	Number per cubic meter	City Health Dashboard
37		Life Expectancy	Average life expectancy at birth (2015)	Age	City Health Dashboard
38		Opioid Overdose Deaths	Number of opioid overdose deaths per 100,000 people (2017)	Number per 100,000	City Health Dashboard
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40	See the Urban Institute Data Catalog: https://datacatalog.urban.org/dataset/72-small-and-medium-size-cities-built-environment-and-health-equity-dataset
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42	Links to dataset in CODAP:
43	Band 1
44	Band 2
45	Band 3
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