title: Diabetes Interactive Atlas.
abstract: The Diabetes Interactive Atlas is a recently released Web-based collection of maps that allows users to view geographic patterns and examine trends in diabetes and its risk factors over time across the United States and within states. The atlas provides maps, tables, graphs, and motion charts that depict national, state, and county data. Large amounts of data can be viewed in various ways simultaneously. In this article, we describe the design and technical issues for developing the atlas and provide an overview of the atlas' maps and graphs. The Diabetes Interactive Atlas improves visualization of geographic patterns, highlights observation of trends, and demonstrates the concomitant geographic and temporal growth of diabetes and obesity.
authors: Northrop Grumman, 3375 Northeast Expressway NE, Atlanta, GA 30341. E-mail: kkirtland@cdc.gov.
authors: Karen A
authors: KA
authors: Kirtland
authors: Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors: Nilka R
authors: NR
authors: Burrows
authors: Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors: Linda S
authors: LS
authors: Geiss
mesh_terms: D001271:Atlases as Topic; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012985:Software Design; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014584:User-Computer Interface