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Map Details - Diabetes Hospitalizations and Access to Farmer’s Markets, Georgia

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Impact Statement

Of the 143 farmer’s markets in Georgia, more than 75% did not accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. This map shows that many farmer’s markets are located in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area, and it shows that there are areas in Georgia, such as the Southeastern region, that do not have farmer’s markets.

Diabetes Hospitalizations and Access to Farmer’s Markets, Georgia

Findings

There are only three locations in Southern Georgia that accept SNAP benefits. Similar to the Southern part of Georgia, there are only two locations north of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area that accepts SNAP benefits. Based on the map, there are many census tracts that have high diabetes morbidity and low or no access to farmer’s markets.

Software Used

Arc Map 10.2, SAS v9.2

Data Used

Georgia Hospital Discharge Data (2009-2013), United States Department of Agriculture.

Methods Used

Diabetes hospital morbidity data was analyzed using SAS 9.2. Diabetes counts were analyzed at the census tract level for Georgia and the Waycross Public Health District. Only individuals whose payment source as Medicaid, Self-Pay, PeachCare, or Other were included in the analysis. Arc Map 10.2 was used to display counts by census tract and to plot farmer’s market locations in Georgia.

Contact the Submitter of this Map

Gayathri Kumar, Medical Epidemiologist, CDC
404-463-8917
wiz3@cdc.gov

How to Cite this Map

Kumar, G.; Ido, M.; Davis, V. “Number of Individuals Hospitalized due to Type II Diabetes, by Census Tract, and Farmers Market Locations, Georgia” [map]. June 2015. Georgia Department of Public Health.

Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Chronic Disease GIS Exchange http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/maps/gisx/mapgallery/GA_FarmersMktDB.html.

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