Health and Demography in the United States

Heain Yee - March 2020
Explore relationships between health risks and particular demographics. (repository)
Correlations Discovered Between Health Risks and Poverty, Age, Income

States with higher poverty rates are...

  • more likely to have higher obesity rates.
  • more likely to have higher percentage of population who smoke.
  • more likely to have percentage of population who lack healthcare.

States with higher median age are ...

  • more likely to have higher obesity rates.
  • more likely to have higher percentage of population who smoke.
  • less likely to have percentage of population who lack healthcare.

States with higher median household income are

  • less likely to have higher obesity rates.
  • less likely to have higher percentage of population who smoke.
  • less likely to have percentage of population who lack healthcare.