Major health issues in the US: Data Visualization May 22, 2009

GE.com published a great visualization solution, Health Visualizer, that tells us what kind of major health issues Americans have to face today. When will the World Health Organization publish something similar but with global data?

The information here is based on a random sample of 100,000 patient records from GE’s proprietary database, and represents some of the conditions that commonly affect Americans today. The numbers and percentages aren’t statistically significant; they’re meant to represent general trends. Looking at the data in new ways like this can help us understand health and gain new insights about how to take better care of ourselves and the healthcare system.