library(tidyverse)
library(tidyr)
library(leaflet)
library(plotly)
setwd("/Users/rebeccambaho/Downloads")
cities500 <- read_csv("500CitiesLocalHealthIndicators.cdc.csv")Healthy Cities GIS Assignment
Load the libraries and set the working directory
The GeoLocation variable has (lat, long) format
Split GeoLocation (lat, long) into two columns: lat and long
latlong <- cities500|>
mutate(GeoLocation = str_replace_all(GeoLocation, "[()]", ""))|>
separate(GeoLocation, into = c("lat", "long"), sep = ",", convert = TRUE)
head(latlong)# A tibble: 6 × 25
Year StateAbbr StateDesc CityName GeographicLevel DataSource Category
<dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
1 2017 CA California Hawthorne Census Tract BRFSS Health Outcom…
2 2017 CA California Hawthorne City BRFSS Unhealthy Beh…
3 2017 CA California Hayward City BRFSS Health Outcom…
4 2017 CA California Hayward City BRFSS Unhealthy Beh…
5 2017 CA California Hemet City BRFSS Prevention
6 2017 CA California Indio Census Tract BRFSS Health Outcom…
# ℹ 18 more variables: UniqueID <chr>, Measure <chr>, Data_Value_Unit <chr>,
# DataValueTypeID <chr>, Data_Value_Type <chr>, Data_Value <dbl>,
# Low_Confidence_Limit <dbl>, High_Confidence_Limit <dbl>,
# Data_Value_Footnote_Symbol <chr>, Data_Value_Footnote <chr>,
# PopulationCount <dbl>, lat <dbl>, long <dbl>, CategoryID <chr>,
# MeasureId <chr>, CityFIPS <dbl>, TractFIPS <dbl>, Short_Question_Text <chr>Filter the dataset
Remove the StateDesc that includes the United Sates, select Prevention as the category (of interest), filter for only measuring crude prevalence and select only 2017.
latlong_clean <- latlong |>
filter(StateDesc != "United States") |>
filter(Category == "Prevention") |>
filter(Data_Value_Type == "Crude prevalence") |>
filter(Year == 2017)
head(latlong_clean)# A tibble: 6 × 25
Year StateAbbr StateDesc CityName GeographicLevel DataSource Category
<dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
1 2017 AL Alabama Montgomery City BRFSS Prevention
2 2017 CA California Concord City BRFSS Prevention
3 2017 CA California Concord City BRFSS Prevention
4 2017 CA California Fontana City BRFSS Prevention
5 2017 CA California Richmond Census Tract BRFSS Prevention
6 2017 FL Florida Davie Census Tract BRFSS Prevention
# ℹ 18 more variables: UniqueID <chr>, Measure <chr>, Data_Value_Unit <chr>,
# DataValueTypeID <chr>, Data_Value_Type <chr>, Data_Value <dbl>,
# Low_Confidence_Limit <dbl>, High_Confidence_Limit <dbl>,
# Data_Value_Footnote_Symbol <chr>, Data_Value_Footnote <chr>,
# PopulationCount <dbl>, lat <dbl>, long <dbl>, CategoryID <chr>,
# MeasureId <chr>, CityFIPS <dbl>, TractFIPS <dbl>, Short_Question_Text <chr>What variables are included? (can any of them be removed?)
names(latlong_clean) [1] "Year" "StateAbbr"
[3] "StateDesc" "CityName"
[5] "GeographicLevel" "DataSource"
[7] "Category" "UniqueID"
[9] "Measure" "Data_Value_Unit"
[11] "DataValueTypeID" "Data_Value_Type"
[13] "Data_Value" "Low_Confidence_Limit"
[15] "High_Confidence_Limit" "Data_Value_Footnote_Symbol"
[17] "Data_Value_Footnote" "PopulationCount"
[19] "lat" "long"
[21] "CategoryID" "MeasureId"
[23] "CityFIPS" "TractFIPS"
[25] "Short_Question_Text" Remove the variables that will not be used in the assignment
prevention <- latlong_clean |>
select(-DataSource,-Data_Value_Unit, -DataValueTypeID, -Low_Confidence_Limit, -High_Confidence_Limit, -Data_Value_Footnote_Symbol, -Data_Value_Footnote)
head(prevention)# A tibble: 6 × 18
Year StateAbbr StateDesc CityName GeographicLevel Category UniqueID Measure
<dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
1 2017 AL Alabama Montgome… City Prevent… 151000 Choles…
2 2017 CA California Concord City Prevent… 616000 Visits…
3 2017 CA California Concord City Prevent… 616000 Choles…
4 2017 CA California Fontana City Prevent… 624680 Visits…
5 2017 CA California Richmond Census Tract Prevent… 0660620… Choles…
6 2017 FL Florida Davie Census Tract Prevent… 1216475… Choles…
# ℹ 10 more variables: Data_Value_Type <chr>, Data_Value <dbl>,
# PopulationCount <dbl>, lat <dbl>, long <dbl>, CategoryID <chr>,
# MeasureId <chr>, CityFIPS <dbl>, TractFIPS <dbl>, Short_Question_Text <chr>md <- prevention |>
filter(StateAbbr=="MD")
head(md)# A tibble: 6 × 18
Year StateAbbr StateDesc CityName GeographicLevel Category UniqueID Measure
<dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
1 2017 MD Maryland Baltimore Census Tract Preventi… 2404000… "Chole…
2 2017 MD Maryland Baltimore Census Tract Preventi… 2404000… "Visit…
3 2017 MD Maryland Baltimore Census Tract Preventi… 2404000… "Visit…
4 2017 MD Maryland Baltimore Census Tract Preventi… 2404000… "Curre…
5 2017 MD Maryland Baltimore Census Tract Preventi… 2404000… "Curre…
6 2017 MD Maryland Baltimore Census Tract Preventi… 2404000… "Visit…
# ℹ 10 more variables: Data_Value_Type <chr>, Data_Value <dbl>,
# PopulationCount <dbl>, lat <dbl>, long <dbl>, CategoryID <chr>,
# MeasureId <chr>, CityFIPS <dbl>, TractFIPS <dbl>, Short_Question_Text <chr>The new dataset “Prevention” is a manageable dataset now.
For your assignment, work with the cleaned “Prevention” dataset
1. Once you run the above code, filter this dataset one more time for any particular subset.
# Filtering the dataset for health insurance in New York
ny_data <- prevention %>%
filter(StateAbbr == "NY" & Short_Question_Text == "Health Insurance")
head(ny_data)# A tibble: 6 × 18
Year StateAbbr StateDesc CityName GeographicLevel Category UniqueID Measure
<dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
1 2017 NY New York Rochester Census Tract Prevent… 3663000… "Curre…
2 2017 NY New York New York Census Tract Prevent… 3651000… "Curre…
3 2017 NY New York New York Census Tract Prevent… 3651000… "Curre…
4 2017 NY New York New York Census Tract Prevent… 3651000… "Curre…
5 2017 NY New York New York Census Tract Prevent… 3651000… "Curre…
6 2017 NY New York Mount Ver… Census Tract Prevent… 3649121… "Curre…
# ℹ 10 more variables: Data_Value_Type <chr>, Data_Value <dbl>,
# PopulationCount <dbl>, lat <dbl>, long <dbl>, CategoryID <chr>,
# MeasureId <chr>, CityFIPS <dbl>, TractFIPS <dbl>, Short_Question_Text <chr>2. Based on the GIS tutorial (Japan earthquakes), create one plot about something in your subsetted dataset.
# 2. Creating a plot based on the NY dataset
p2 <-ny_data %>%
filter(PopulationCount < 25000) |>
ggplot(aes(x = PopulationCount, y = Data_Value)) +
geom_point() +
labs(title = "Health Insurance Distribution in New York",
x = "Population Count", y = "Data Value")
# Converting ggplot object to interactive plot
p2 <- ggplotly(p2)
p2From the map, it’s apparent that there is a high density of plotted points. This made me curious about any outliers present. So, I filtered the population count to 75,000, even 100,00 to see how it would affect the visualization. I found that despite filtering the data further, there were still some points remaining outside the desired range. But to make sure we can see the plots better, I set the filter count to 25,000. It was still interesting to observe the distribution.
3. Now create a map of your subsetted dataset.
# Plotting the lack of health insurance in New York
leaflet(ny_data) %>%
addTiles() %>%
addCircleMarkers(lng = ~long, lat = ~lat) 4. Refine your map to include a mousover tooltip
# Refining leaflet map
leaflet(ny_data) %>%
addTiles() %>%
addCircleMarkers(lng = ~long, lat = ~lat,
radius = ~sqrt(PopulationCount)/25,
color = "midnightblue",
fillColor = "mintcream",
fillOpacity = 0.7,
weight = 1.5,
popup = ~paste("<b>City: ", CityName, "<br>",
"<b>Population Count: ", PopulationCount, "<br>",
"<b>Data Value: ", Data_Value))5. Write a paragraph
The plots depict the distribution of health insurance prevalence in New York.The scatter plot effectively delineates various cities within New York, including Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Schenectady, Albany, Yonker, and NYC, with varying levels of health insurance prevalence. From a glance at the map, it becomes apparent that NYC stands out with the largest data points, suggesting a higher degree of lacking health insurance coverage compared to other cities. This disparity could be attributed to the sheer size and population density of NYC, which could potentially skew the overall prevalence rates.