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Environmental Health Hazard Index, July 2020 Datasets Stanford University Public content

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARD INDEXSummary

The environmental health hazard exposure index
summarizes potential exposure to harmful toxins at a neighborhood level.
Potential health hazards exposure is a linear combination of standardized EPA
estimates of air quality carcinogenic (c), respiratory (r) and
neurological (n) hazards with i indexing census tracts.

Where means  and standard
errors  are estimated over
the national distribution.

 Interpretation

Values are inverted and then percentile ranked
nationally. Values range from 0 to 100. The higher the index value, the less
exposure to toxins harmful to human health. Therefore, the higher the value,
the better the environmental quality of a neighborhood, where a neighborhood is
a census block-group.

Data Source: National Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) data, 2011.
Related AFFH-T Local Government, PHA and State Tables/Maps: Table 12; Map 13.

References: https://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/natamain/


To learn more about the Environmental Health Hazard Index visit: https://www.hudexchange.info/resource/4868/affh-raw-data/Date of Coverage: 02/2018

The Environmental Health Hazard Exposure Index summarizes potential exposure to harmful toxins at a neighborhood level.

Resource Link:
https://purl.stanford.edu/yq267dc3411
Identifier:
https://purl.stanford.edu/yq267dc3411
Language:
eng
Publisher:
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Provider:
Stanford
Resource Class:
Datasets
Resource Type:
Polygon data
Subject:
Air quality management, Environmental health, Housing and health, Boundaries, Economy, Location, and Society
Theme:
Boundaries, Economy, Location, and Society
Temporal Coverage:
2020
Date Issued:
2023
Spatial Coverage:
United States
Rights:

This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.

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