The Virginia Health Opportunity Index (HOI) is a group of indicators that provide broad insight into the overall opportunity Virginians have to live long and healthy lives based on the Social Determinants of Health. It is a hierarchical index that allows users to examine social determinants of health at multiple levels of detail in Virginia. It is made up of over 30 variables, combined into 13 indicators, grouped into four profiles, which are aggregated into a single Health Opportunity Index. For more information visualizations visit: https://apps.vdh.virginia.gov/omhhe/hoi/
This dataset has the following 20 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Tract | census_tract | text | 10-Digit Census Tract FIPS code | 51085321202 51087200124 51700032225 51041100924 51015070400 view top 100 |
| Rural~Urban | rural_urban | text | Rural or Urban Indicator based on Rural-Urban Commuting Codes | Urban Rural view top 100 |
| Access to Care | access_to_care | number | Access to Care Indicator: Whether community members have access to a primary care physician and the means to pay for care. It includes the proportion of uninsured residents and the number of physicians within 30 miles of the community. | 0.464126324045 0E-12 0.513471976432 0.502986678293 0.328632641795 view top 100 |
| Employment Accessibility | employment_accessibility | number | Employment Accessibility Indicator: A measure of the number of jobs accessible to members of the community. Accessibility is determined by distance: close jobs are more accessible than jobs farther away. | 0.092491528447 0.077704667177 0.075122910521 0.135906551549 0.136633663366 view top 100 |
| Affordability | affordability | number | Affordability Indicator: The proportion of a community’s income spent on housing and transportation. This indicates how much income remains for other priorities, including food, health care and social activities. | 0.543543543544 0.599599599600 0.564564564565 0.629629629630 0.609609609610 view top 100 |
| Air Quality | air_quality | number | Air Quality Indicator: Includes EPA measures of pollution, including on-road, non-road and non-point pollution, and EPA measures of neurological, cancer and respiration risk. | 0.778104517052 0.612937105695 0.973244638875 0.852647277395 0.894243189610 view top 100 |
| Population Churning | population_churning | number | Population Churning Indicator: The amount of population turnover within a community. It measure the rate at which people both move into a community and move out of a community. | 0.888040712468 0.917302798982 0.947837150127 0.821882951654 0.863867684478 view top 100 |
| Education | education | number | Education Indicator: The average number of years of schooling among adults in the community. It can range from zero (those with no formal schooling) to 20 (those with a doctorate/professional degree). | 0.766268728045 0E-12 0.745891009820 0.771897025186 0.704530301080 view top 100 |
| Food Accessibility | food_accessibility | number | Food Accessibility Indicator: A measure of access to food by low income people within a community. It measures the proportion of the low income community that has a large grocery store within 1 mile in urban areas or 10 miles in rural areas. | 0.933302447075 0.942138730033 0.848973870754 0.866305788291 0.917699358066 view top 100 |
| Income Inequality | income_inequality | number | Income Inequality Indicator: The Gini Index, a common measure of income inequality, measures whether the income earned within a community is distributed broadly or concentrated within the hands of small number of households. | 0.485020242915 0.415654520918 0.475438596491 0.411066126856 0.430229419703 view top 100 |
| Job Participation | job_participation | number | Job Participation Indicator: The percentage of individuals 16-64 years of age active in the civilian labor force. It includes both those currently working and those seeking work. | 0.732 0.646 0.656 0.699 0.652 view top 100 |
| Population Density | population_density | number | Job Participation Indicator: The percentage of individuals 16-64 years of age active in the civilian labor force. It includes both those currently working and those seeking work. | 0.000895025502 0.000917234571 0.000618522586 0.002722831923 0.006206324477 view top 100 |
| Segregation | segregation | number | Segregation Indicator: A measure of whether and how much people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds live together in diverse communities. It includes measures of both community diversity and the distance between communities with different racial or ethnic profiles. | 0.735834334722 0.755312152359 0.843147296079 0.761289873752 0.795015044146 view top 100 |
| Material Deprivation | material_deprivation | number | Material Deprivation Indicator: Based on the Towsend Material Deprivation Index, it examines the private material resources available to households in a community. Four indicators make up Towsend: overcrowding, unemployment, autoless homes, and, home ownership rate. | 1.000000000000 0.683299787347 0.326252759005 0.554173246522 0.561482184467 view top 100 |
| Walkability | walkability | number | Walkability Indicator: A measure of how walkable a community is based on residential and employment density, land use (destination) diversity, street connectivity and public transit accessibility. | 0.255530149 0.324867604 0.301705800 0.279149181 0.120486580 view top 100 |
| Community Environment Profile | community_environment_profile | number | The Community Environment Profile is a measure of the natural, built and social environment of a community. It includes the following indicators: Air Quality, Population Density, Population Churning, and Walkability | 0.4946635886 0.4522775476 0.347434645 0.3002939326 0.2826442336 view top 100 |
| Consumer Opportunity Profile | consumer_opportunity_profile | number | The Consumer Opportunity Profile is a measure of the consumer resources available within a community. It includes the following indicators: Affodability, Education, Food Accessibility, and Material Deprivation | 0.8548877131 0.5660812996 0.5011988205 0.6501216542 0.5029723324 view top 100 |
| Economic Opportunity Profile | economic_opportunity_profile | number | The Economic Opportunity Profile is a measure of the economic opportunities available within a community. It includes the following indicators: Employment Accessibility, Income Inequality, and, Job Participation | 0.3134644567 0.3485411815 0.2494457106 0.3453319594 0.2410377298 view top 100 |
| Wellness Disparity Profile | wellness_disparity_profile | number | The Wellness Disparity Profile is a measure of the disparate access to services within a community. It includes the following indicators: Access to Care and Segregation | 0.3912238073 0.423872191 0.4637684514 0.1052498358 0.3959499546 view top 100 |
| Health Opportunity Index | health_opportunity_index | number | The Virginia Health Opportunity Index (HOI) is a group of indicators that provide broad insight into the overall opportunity Virginians have to live long and healthy lives based on the Social Determinants of Health. | 0.3671436937 0.4072046782 0.2745713611 0.4166556828 0.4536683812 view top 100 |