The cardiovascular health atlas published by the CDC is an excellent example of Arc IMS in action. the site is very appealing and offers a GUI where visitors can easily access data pertaining to county patterns of heart disease death rates among women.

Users are prompted to click on a state of choice. You can then select the racial or ethnic group for which you would like to see a map of county heart disease death rates. As an example I chose the Florida, Black women option. I was quickly presented with a thematic map titled "FLORIDA, Black Women Ages 35+ Heart Disease Death Rates, 1991-1995" (shown below). Maps shown depict spatially smoothed, age-adjusted, average annual death rates per 100,000 women.

In addition to the maps and data available at this site, there are also a number of health reports, graphs, tables, papers, statistics, and weblinks available. Note, the entire atlas is also available for download in PDF format.

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