Data Resources and Integrated Visualization Ecosystem (DRIVE)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) Data Resources and Integrated Visualization Ecosystem (DRIVE) is an interactive data visualization dashboard that integrates several measures from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) across detailed population groups. DRIVE was developed through a collaboration between HHS OMH and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (CDC/ATSDR GRASP). Through a suite of data visualizations, DRIVE provides information on socioeconomic indicators and non-medical drivers of health across race and ethnicity groups.

Non-medical factors, like socioeconomic status, housing conditions, and education levels, can influence our health status and health outcomes. Exploring these factors may help understand possible risk factors for, or contributors to, health issues experienced by certain racial and ethnic population groups or residents of some U.S. states. OMH DRIVE can be used to understand the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of specific population groups to inform research, strategic planning, program design, and evaluation related to public health issues.

OMH DRIVE includes data dashboards for five key factors related to health:

OMH DRIVE is a user-friendly tool that provides dynamic data visualizations for socioeconomic indicators and non-medical drivers of health. On the OMH DRIVE home page, select any of the five factors and a combination of a racial or ethnic population (All Populations or a specific population) and a region (United States, or a specific state or the District of Columbia). OMH DRIVE will produce a report page based on your selected factor, population, and region. The report will include data visualizations for selected metrics. Within a report page, you can compare data from populations, regions, and selected metrics.

DRIVE Resources