What to know
You can use the Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke to create and share maps that display geographic disparities in a wide range of conditions that impact the burden of heart disease and stroke. Below are links to documents and videos with instructions for using the Atlas.
Step-by-step instructions for making maps
- Heart disease or stroke mortality
- Social, economic, or environmental data
- Demographic groups
- Risk factors for heart disease and stroke
- Locations of health care facilities
- Combination of CVD mortality and health care facilities
- Census tract maps for demographic, risk factor, and socioeconomic data
- How to save a map
Additional map tools
Additional tools will appear at the top left corner of each map.
View a histogram to display the distribution of the data displayed on the map.
Turn on and off the legend that displays the map’s symbols, colors, and data categories.
View a list of the map’s data sources.
Recommended citation for maps
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke. http://nccd.cdc.gov/DHDSPAtlas. Accessed on [insert date].
Recommended citation for download data
Data downloaded from the Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke, a website developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention.