BLACK SPACE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

This visualization imagines the state of Pennsylvania as a bar graph. The height of each county represents the relative age-adjusted prevalence of environmentally provoked conditions, and the color of each county represents its relative Black population. Hover over a county to explore the prevalence of the selected condition across Pennsylvania. Click and drag to move the map.

12.73% of Pennsylvania's population is Black or African-American.
8.52% of Pennsylvania's population suffers from asthma.

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ASTHMA.

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that impacts the lungs' airways, which are responsible for transporting air in and out of the lungs. Those who suffer from asthma can experience inflamed and narrow airways, which can make exhaling difficult. In the United States, around 25 million individuals have asthma, which equates to roughly 1 in 13 people. Out of the 25 million, approximately 20 million are adults aged 18 and above. Asthma rates are particularly high among Black adults in the United States.

The heights of each county are min-max normalized on a scale from 2 to 10 to better highlight the range of condition rates across Pennsylvania.
Prevalence, population, and demographic data come from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s PLACES dataset and the U.S. Census Bureau.