Congruence Between County Dental Health Provider Shortage Area Designations and the Social Vulnerability Index

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The five separate maps show the relationship overall and by socioeconomic status, household characteristics, racial and ethnic status, and housing type. The whole HPSA and high SVI areas on all maps are predominantly in Alaska and along the Texas border with Mexico. Areas of no HPSA and low SVI are mostly in the north-central US.

Bivariate maps of the United States show the relationship between Health Provider Shortage Area (HPSA) designations, extracted from the 2021–2022 Area Health Resource Files, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2020 Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) designations, completed in ArcGIS Pro (Esri). Legend values represent the following: 1 = no HPSA, low SVI; 2 = partial HPSA, low SVI; 3 = whole HPSA, low SVI; 4 = no HPSA, moderate SVI; 5 = partial HPSA, moderate SVI ;6 = whole HPSA, moderate SVI; 7 = no HPSA, high SVI; 8 = partial HPSA, high SVI; 9 = whole HPSA, high SVI.

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