Walk Thru the Features and Functions
Easy on the eyes
Not overcrowded
“Kid” friendly graphic
Bright colors
Easy navigation
The user is presented with a short list of options
Identifies who we are and what we are about.
(Tr-County Area)
Urban Detroit
Macomb County
Oakland County
Outer Wayne County
168 zip codes in 3 counties have been combined together to form 96 “Districts”, each with a total population of approximately 25,000.
There are 2 basic ways to view our data:
1) By geographic area
2) By specific measure
Data is presented within 1 of 4 “Comparison Areas”, the user must select 1 of these before selecting the “Data View ” they desire.
Presents measures for the selected geographic area. The values and the district’s ranking among its comparison area districts are presented for each measure. In this way the user can immediately identify and begin to prioritize which measures may be of interest within the selected district of interest (single digit ranks are easily identified).
Within a “Comparison Area ”the user selects a single “District” to view.
Data for each District is organized into 4 domains, each of which is presented on its own color-coded tab.
4 Domains :
1) Predisposing/Mediating (Orange)
2) Developmental/Behavioral (Green)
3) Health Outcomes (Purple)
4) Demographics (Rose)
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Presents “Districts” in a “Comparison Area ” for the Selected Measure. The DetroitKidsData.org “Measure View ” is innovative in its presentation format allowing the user multiple ways to visualize the data (tabular, graphical, map), as well as, allowing the user to explore the balance between the relative impact (measure value) and absolute impact (measure numbers) of the selected measure. The heart of the measure view is a “ranking table” that displays the districts in the selected comparison area in descending order of the measure value (worst is at the top of the list with a ranking of 1). Rankings are in reverse order, where lower numbers indicate poorer performance. The other feature of interest is the color coding of the rankings into 3 categories or bands. This simple data presentation is not complicated by statistical comparisons but still allows for meaningful comparisons between high, medium, and low areas This same color coding is carried over to the graphical and map views of the data.
This illustration shows "asthma hospitalizations" in the Detroit comparison area. District 48207 has the highest value (105.7) but is based on the smallest number (63) of events.
DetroitKidsData.org Data View Navigation
It doesn’t matter which view the user starts with because the flexible data presentation format allows the user to quickly switch between the 2 main
data views. This allows the user to explore potential relationships and perhaps to uncover previously unknown patterns in the data This level of
interactivity is innovative in “added value” that it potentially makes available, yet is intuitive and easy for the user to use and understand. The ability
to overlay the selected measure with any of the other 163 measures is also providing an even greater level of pattern
and relationship exploration, further increasing the added value of the data organization and presentation.
This illustration shows a user exploring the measure of “asthma hospitalizations” in the geographic area district “48207 ”. This district is ranked 1/21 districts.
This DKD Profile is produced by www.detroitkidsdata.org ©2007
Wayne State University
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