Environmental Health Dashboard

Mapping What Matters: North Carolina’s Environmental Health Dashboard

Across the country, public data that once helped communities understand local conditions and hold decision-makers accountable is becoming harder to access. This dashboard helps put that information back into the hands of the people.

Health outcomes and environmental conditions are deeply connected, and they do not affect every community the same way. This tool helps users explore those connections in one place so they can better understand what is happening in their county, region, or community.

What the Dashboard Shows

The Environmental Health Dashboard brings together data related to:

Environmental exposures, including concentrated animal feeding operations, air quality, and landfills
Health access and outcomes, including uninsured populations and medical facilities
Black population demographics

By consolidating these data points into a single interactive map, the dashboard helps users identify patterns and connections that may be harder to see when each issue is viewed separately.

Use the interactive map below to explore how environmental conditions, health outcomes, and Black population data intersect across North Carolina. Turn layers on and off, zoom in on your community, and compare data to uncover patterns that can support education, advocacy, and community action.

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How to Use the Map

Use the dashboard to explore different layers of data across North Carolina.

Getting started:

Turn layers on and off to explore different data points.
Zoom in on your county, region, or community.
Compare layers to identify patterns and disparities.
Use what you find to start conversations and support advocacy.

Before You Begin

The dashboard includes different kinds of layers:

Shaded layers color the map and should be viewed one at a time because they overlap.
Icon layers can be viewed alongside shaded layers.

For example, you might compare Black population data with landfill locations, or look at medical facility locations alongside health outcomes in a particular area.