Selected CDC/ATSDR GIS projects

Source: Croner, Charles, Jonathon Sperling AND Frederick R. Broome. Geographic Information Systems (GIS): New Perspectives in Understanding Human Health and Environmental Relationships, Statistics in Medicine, Vol 15, 1961-1977 (1996).

Disease, environmental condition or related topicTime periodGeographic scale
   
Polio1995national, China
Malaria1993-presentvillages, western Kenya
Guinea Worm1990-presentvillages, 15 countries, sub-Saharan Africa
Onchocerciasis1988-presentvillages in and around known endemic areas, Guatemala, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador
Dengue fever1989-presentmunicipalities, Puerto Rico
Plague1994-presentnational, western U.S. counties
Asian Tiger mosquito, aedes albopictus1994-presentnational, U.S.
Arboviral encephalitis1994Alabama, Florida, Georgia
Lyme disease1994-presentBaltimore county, Maryland
Lyme disease1995national, U.S. counties
Coccidioidomycosis1994-presentVentura county, California
Respiratory diseases1994-presentnational, U.S. counties
Health status indicators1993-presentDade county, Florida
Violent and firearm-related injuries1994-presentcensus tracts, DeKalb county, Georgia
Well water contamination1994-presentN.Dakota, S.Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri
Public health assessment, contaminant monitoring1994-presentWeldon Spring, Missouri; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Kennecott Utah Copper Corp., Utah; Aberdeen Pesticides, North Carolina
Environmental justice, demographics component1994-1995census blocks, 1200 NPL sites
Demographic updating and mapping1995selected NPL sites
Primary brain cancers1994-presentcensus blocks, Virginia, Florida, California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania
Cancer mortality and birth outcome1995census division, 8 counties, Washington state
Health statistics reviews1994-prescntvariable NPL sites (census tract, municipality)
Release of 1,3 butadiene1994-presentRobstown, Nueces county, Texas; point, plume, census areas, Zip code
Groundwater flow and chemical transport1994-1995Groton, Massachusetts and Elkhart, Indiana

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