The number of residents with high school, associate and 4-year college degrees broken down by race, ethnicity, gender and income, expressed as a percentage of all residents 25 and older in a region

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 smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and are current smokers

Average number of days a county’s adult respondents report that their mental health was not good in past 30 days (age-adjusted - Adjusting for age removes the effect of age as a risk factor on poor mental health days since aging is not preventable)

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

Number of ballots cast for population over age of 18 for November elections

Mean money income received in the past 12 months computed for every woman, man, and child in a geographic area

The Housing Affordability Index measures whether or not a typical family earns enough income to qualify for a mortgage loan on a typical home. A value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a mortgage on a median-priced home. For example, a composite HAI of 120.0 means a family earning the median family income has 120% of the income necessary to qualify for a conventional loan covering 80 percent of a median-priced existing single-family home.

Share of commuters using alternate modes of transportation, which include using public transportation, walk, bicycle, taxicab or motorcycle, or working at home.

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).