High Blood Pressure Maps and Data Sources

Health professionals can find maps and data on high blood pressure both in the United States and globally.

Interactive Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke
Users can view county-level maps of heart disease and stroke and their risk factors by racial/ethnic group, along with maps of social environmental conditions and health services, for the entire United States or for a chosen state or territory.

Data Trends and Maps
To meet national- and state-level needs for cardiovascular disease data, CDC developed a National Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance System. The system gathers data from many sources to share the public health burden of heart disease, stroke, and their risk factors.

Chronic Disease GIS Exchange
CDC’s Chronic Disease GIS Exchange has a community forum for policy makers, program managers, public health analysts, and map makers to share and explore maps that are effective and programs that provide geographic information systems (GIS) training, and to access a wide range of GIS resources.

Social Determinants of Health Maps
Social determinants of health are factors in the social environment that lead to or take away from the health of people and communities. The maps featured on this Web page provide information that can be combined with other data sources to match programs and policies on heart disease and stroke prevention to the needs of local populations.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CDC's state-based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System includes estimates of the number of self-reported risk factors for high blood pressure.

CDC Wonder
This Web site provides a single point of access to a wide variety of CDC's public health reports and data systems, categorized by topic.

Download Software for Epidemiologic Analysis
Epi Info is software that helps public health professionals develop a questionnaire or form, customize the data entry process, and enter and analyze data.

Global Cardiovascular Infobase
This interactive Web site provides profiles of heart disease and stroke, including their risk factors, in countries around the world.