Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates (PLACES)

Health Outcomes
Description: The PLACES Project replaces the 500 Cities Project and provides model-based population-level analysis and community estimates for the entire US at several spatial scales
Time Frame: Year; 2019 to 2025
Spatial Scale: Counties, Places, ZCTAs, and Census Tracts
Format: Tables and Shapefiles
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Original Repository: All Years
Living Atlas: Current

This project reported city- and census tract-level data and used small area estimation methods to obtain 29 chronic disease measures for the United States.

Dataset includes estimates for 29 measures (definitions here):

These estimates can be used to identify emerging health problems and to inform development and implementation of effective, targeted public health prevention activities. Because the small area model cannot detect effects due to local interventions, users are cautioned against using these estimates for program or policy evaluations.