Key points
This map of Upper Peninsula, Michigan, shows hospitals by local health department, to document hospital coverage by geographic area. Display hospital coverage in a state area challenged by patients’ lack of timely access to hospitals. For example, there is only one hospital in the area – Marquette General Health System – that offers cardiac catheterization and is a primary stroke care center.
Data sources
ArcGIS 9.3
Table of hospitals in Upper Peninsula, Michigan, with addresses, for geocoding.
Geocoded addresses online using batchgeo.com. Selected Upper Peninsula local health departments from GIS layer. Added insert map of Michigan by counties to show relationship to Upper Peninsula area.
Henry L Miller, Departmental Specialist, Michigan Department of Community Health
(517) 335-8779
millerhenry@michigan.gov
Hospitals and Local Health Departments Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, 2010 Miller, Henry; Michigan Department of Community Health, [TODAY’S DATE]. Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Chronic Disease Map Gallery.