Counties with Highest Levels of Blood Pressure Medication Non-Adherence and Poverty Have Limited Access to Federally Qualified Health Care Centers

Impact Statement

This map identifies areas in the state of Alabama that need access to more health care resources.

Counties with highest levels of blood pressure medication non-adherence and poverty have limited access to FQHCs

This map shows counties with the highest levels of blood pressure medication non-adherence and poverty also have limited spatial access to Federally Qualified Health Care Centers.

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2018 Blood Pressure Medication Non-Adherence. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke. http://nccd.cdc.gov/DHDSPAtlas

2021 Federally Qualified Health Centers. Health Resources and Services Administration. Map Services. https://data.hrsa.gov/maps/services

2017 Poverty Status. Census Bureau. 2017 American Community Survey 5-year estimates. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs

Blood Pressure medication non-adherence and poverty data were displayed using tertiles. FQHC count data were summarized by county data and displayed using proportional symbols.

The audience for this map is health care professionals, decision makers, and other stakeholders in Alabama. Access to care is a top health concern in Alabama. This map was created to identify areas that are below poverty level with higher health risk and minimum health care access.

Saranee Dutta, GIS Specialist
Alabama Department of Health
saranee.dutta@adph.state.al.us

Saranee Dutta, Alabama Department of Health. Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Chronic Disease GIS Exchange https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/maps/gisx/mapgallery/AL_BPMedandFQHCs.html