PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data 2023 release

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 500 Cities & Places

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 500 Cities & Places. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data 2023 release. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E243568V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data 2023 release
Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset contains model-based county estimates. PLACES covers the entire United States—50 states and the District of Columbia—at county, place, census tract, and ZIP Code Tabulation Area levels. It provides information uniformly on this large scale for local areas at four geographic levels. Estimates were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. PLACES was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the CDC Foundation. This dataset includes estimates for 36 measures: 13 for health outcomes, 9 for preventive services use, 4 for chronic disease-related health risk behaviors, 7 for disabilities, and 3 for health status. These estimates can be used to identify emerging health problems and to help develop and carry out 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. Data sources used to generate these model-based estimates are Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2021 or 2020 data, Census Bureau 2021 or 2020 county population estimate data, and American Community Survey 2017–2021, or 2016–2020 estimates. The 2023 release uses 2021 BRFSS data for 29 measures and 2020 BRFSS data for 7 measures (all teeth lost, dental visits, mammograms, cervical cancer screening, colorectal cancer screening, core preventive services among older adults, and sleeping less than 7 hours) that the survey collects data on every other year. More information about the methodology can be found at www.cdc.gov/places. Read less
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cdc.gov/500-Cities-Places/PLACES-Local-Data-for-Better-Health-County-Data-20/h3ej-a9ec/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms places; county; brfss; prevalence; risk; behaviors; outcomes; prevention; health; status; disability
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes (Downloaded 1/10/2026)


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