Premature death measures the risk of dying before age 75, uses Years of Potential Life Lost as its measure of Premature Death, per 100,000.

Percent of adults age 18 or older who have body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or more

Percentage of total population within a designated area that is identified as both “low income” and having “low access” to healthy food. Note that there are many ways to measure food access for individuals and for neighborhoods, and many ways to define which areas are food deserts (neighborhoods that lack healthy food sources).

Total Number of Arts-Related Businesses and Rate per 1,000 Businesses based on the County Business Patterns (CBP), an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry during the week of March 12, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll. Businesses include art galleries, camera & photographic supply stores; book stores; performing arts companies; performing arts promoters; independent artists; writers & performers; musical instrument stores; compact disc & record stores; and museums.

Unemployed individuals are those without jobs who are able, available and actively seeking work. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed people as a percentage of the total labor force (the total number of employed and unemployed non-institutionalized individuals 16 or older).