The goal of this week's module was to create an infographic based on two potentially causally related health variables obtained from the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program. The variables I chose to visualize were reported insufficient sleep and average mentally unhealthy days per month.
I placed a column along each side of the infographic and placed my charts in these. In the middle are the choropleth maps of my chosen variables. I ensured every element was consistent in color, using either a shade of purple from the insufficient sleep choropleth map or a shade of blue from the mental health choropleth map. I made the text white or black depending on the lightness of the background to ensure readability and ensured the background colors consisted of muted hues as to not distract from the main elements of the infographic.
For my bar graph, I chose to plot the top 3 and bottom 3 counties, as well as the US average for comparison. Because of my variable unit mismatch I calculated an “Insufficient sleep-weighted mental health burden” by using the formula [ (Insufficient Sleep% / 100) x Average bad mental health days ] for each county. I kept the purple color scheme the same and gave the number 1 county the same color as the darkest shade of the choropleth color ramp.
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