Data source: NHANES

Overview (First Page)

Column 1

The data is from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Study, or NHANES that records anthropometric and health-related indicators from participants. This specific subset of the NHANES dataset is procured using the NHANES library and is of the 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 sample years. The dataset has various type of interesting variables inclusive of demographic variables, physical measurements and health metrics.

The distribution of BMI overall stratified by Race

The line above will create a subsection within the first column. Now we just need to decide what to put in it. In keeping with our recent weeks on GIS, let’s put a map!

Column 2

Epidemic curve by age

This line above creates the first subsection within the second column. Let’s put a chart here:

Cases by Hospital

Here is another subsection for the second column! We can add whatever content we desire for our dashboard: in this case, a table summarizing the number of cases by hospital.

Data Explorer (Second Page)

The line above adds a second page under a new tab! Let’s visualize the dataset as an interactive table for viewers to explore: