Public Health in Metro Atlanta

Source: USDA Food Environment Atlas and Mind the Meal Gap, from the 2015 County Health Rankings in April 2015, accessed using Weave

Food insecurity is most prevalent in Dekalb, Clayton, Fulton, and Spalding counties:

USDA defines food insecurity as the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.

Source: USDA Food Environment Atlas and Mind the Meal Gap, from the 2015 County Health Rankings in April 2015, accessed using Weave

Clayton and Rockdale counties have the highest percentages of population with

limited access to healthy foods:

Source: WeaveDataSource

Spalding County has the lowest male and female life expectancies…

and Forsyth, Gwinnett, and Fayette have the highest life expectancies.

Male and Female Life Expectancies, 2010:

Source: American Community Survey, 2008-2012 (Income data for 2012), WeaveDataSource

Life expectancies are highly associated with income:

Higher levels of income at the county level are associated with increases in life expectancy.

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, accessed from the 2014 County Health Rankings in August 2014; data for 2011

Obesity is most prevalent in the south and southeastern portions of the metro:

Source: American Community Survey, 2008-2012 (Income data for 2012); Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, accessed from the 2014 County Health Rankings in August 2014, (Obesity data for 2011)

Obesity rates are also associated with income at the county level:

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, accessed from the 2014 County Health Rankings in August 2014; data for years 2006-2012

Smoking is most common in the outer portions of the metro, and least common

in Dekalb County:

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