A new interactive data tool, HealthinAppalachia.org, offers customizable, downloadable reports, maps, and charts on 41 health measures at the county, regional, and state levels for the 13 Appalachian states. Measures include disease mortality, obesity, smoking, number of health care providers, disability, and others. Try the tool
These new resources are part of the ongoing research initiative, Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Spots , sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Appalachian Regional Commission and administered by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky.