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Correlations Discovered Between Health Risks and Age, Income

The interactive chart above is created from a collection of data based on 2014 ACS 1-year estimates from the US Census Bureau and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. This data includes information such as Age, Income, and various health risks.

By selecting different axes on the chart, the scatter plot data will update to reflect the selected comparisons. The data points are grouped by state infomration and specific details can be seen by hovering over the preferred scatter circle.

Upon initial analysis, sorting the chart by Income has a more obvious trends when increasing or decreasing. Age doesn't seem to display this same sort of positive/negative correlation because much of it's comaprisons cluster around similar age ranges but differ more greatly between %.