Earth  ID: 2472

Baltimore Asthma Study

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on June 26, 2002
Baltimore, Maryland has one of the highest occurrences of asthma in the country. This study is an attempt to find a geographic correlation with the high asthma findings. The results are derived from hospital admission data throughout all of Maryland. The zipcodes of each patient's home are normalized against each zipcode's population, and mapped per month. Thereby zipcode regions with high incidents of asthma cases are highlighted with bright yellow, where areas with lesser cases have little to no yellow tint.
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Animation showing the current results of Baltimore city asthma admissions normalized to population per zipcode for the year 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for January 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for February 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for March 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for April 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for May 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for June 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for July 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for August 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for September 2000
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for October 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for November 2000.
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Normalized asthma admissions in the city of Baltimore mapped by zipcode for December 2000.
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Video slate image reads "Baltimore Asthma Study: Baltimore, MD has one of the highest occurrences of asthma in the country. The data shown is based on hospital admissions for asthma normalized to population per zipcode. Bright yellow indicates a higher number of admissions."

For More Information

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/goddardnews/20020628/asthma.html

Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Animator
Marte Newcombe (GST): Animator
Sidey Timmins (SSAI): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Landsat

Data Used:
IKONOS
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Landsat-7
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Asthma Hospital Admissions
2002/01 - 2002/12
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USPS Zip Code Map
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Keywords:
GCMD >> Location >> Maryland
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0