With this interactive map, you can explore trends in life expectancy and mortality from 152 causes of death in King County at the census tract level. Use the settings at the top to select a measure (life expectancy, mortality rate, or years of life lost rate), year, cause of death, and sex. Use the time trend menu on the right to explore time trends for specific census tracts.
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Related Content
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). King County Census Tracts Data Visualization. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2017. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/subnational/usa/wa/king-county. (Accessed [INSERT DATE])
News releases
Life expectancy varies by up to 18 years in King County
Depending on where you live, your life may be cut short by nearly two decades compared to others in your community, according to new census tract-level health analysis of Seattle and King County.Publications
Variation in life expectancy and mortality by cause among neighborhoods in King County, WA, USA, 1990–2014: a census tract-level analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Health outcomes are known to vary at both the country and local levels, but trends in mortality across a detailed and comprehensive set of causes have not been previously described at a very local ...Videos
