500 Cities: Census Tract-level Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2018 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. 500 Cities: Census Tract-level Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2018 release. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E243668V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title 500 Cities: Census Tract-level Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2018 release
Summary:  View help for Summary 2016, 2015. Data were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. The project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in conjunction with the CDC Foundation. 500 cities project census tract-level data in GIS-friendly format can be joined with census tract spatial data (https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/500-Cities/500-Cities-Census-Tract-Boundaries/x7zy-2xmx) in a geographic information system (GIS) to produce maps of 27 measures at the census tract level. There are 4 measures (high blood pressure, taking high blood pressure medication, high cholesterol, cholesterol screening) in this 2018 release from the 2015 BRFSS that were the same as the 2017 release. Read less
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cdc.gov/500-Cities-Places/500-Cities-Census-Tract-level-Data-GIS-Friendly-Fo/k25u-mg9b/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms 500cities; cities; census; tract; gis; prevalence; unhealthy; behaviors; outcomes; prevention
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes (Downloaded 1/12/2026)


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