Michigan Environmental Health Burden — CDC PLACES County Index
Environmental burden tracks Census-tract environmental health and chronic disease burden across Michigan from CDC PLACES. Asthma, COPD, cancer, cardiovascular, and air-quality impact. The reading is aggregated by Michigan Gateway from CDC PLACES (Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates), an authoritative public source, and refreshed automatically throughout the day.
For Michigan residents this indicator is one of several public-health signals that inform day-to-day decisions — from whether it's safe to be outdoors to whether a specific community needs additional attention. Combined with the other health indicators listed at the bottom of this page, it helps residents, journalists, and county officials build a fuller picture of current conditions in Michigan.
The current reading for this indicator updates live on the
Michigan Gateway dashboard.
The data feed below is fetched from CDC PLACES (Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates) via the
public /api/places endpoint.
CDC PLACES is the first national project to map chronic disease rates, health behaviors, and prevention measures at the census-tract level. For Michigan it shows where asthma, COPD, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are concentrated — often overlapping with industrial corridors (downriver Detroit, southwest Detroit, central Saginaw) and historic redlining areas.
- Find your census tract's health profile at https://www.cdc.gov/places/
- If you live in a high-asthma area, ask your doctor about an asthma action plan and free MDHHS home-visit programs.
- EPA EJScreen maps cumulative environmental risk on top of this data: https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen
- Detroit residents: free indoor air-quality assessments are available via the Detroit Health Department.