Date: Fri 17th March, 2006
Description: Using Instantatlas from Geowise the East Midlands Public Health Observatory (EMPHO) have created some trial interactive maps showing the latest teenage pregnancy data.
The first map shows teenage pregnancy rates for all local authorities in England for single years from 1998 to 2003. As 2004 data is currently only available for top tier local authorities EMPHO have shown all areas within a top tier local authority as the same rate.
In future EMPHO intend to include a 'how to' guide, but in the meantime please see below a list of things to try! Please note that this is still a trial version and EMPHO would welcome any comments..
These maps use SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). You need an SVG Reader to view these files. You can download this free of charge from the Adobe website (<a href="http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html#Readers" rel="popup">http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html#Readers</a>)
Follow this link to see the EMPHO interactive maps
<a href="http://www.empho.org.uk/themes/teenagepregnancy/svg/tplamap.htm"target="empho_map" rel="popup">http://www.empho.org.uk/themes/teenagepregnancy/svg/tplamap.htm</a>
Things to try:
-Click on county boundaries on right hand panel to show boundaries
-Click on a local authority to highlight on the map and show a trend line on the graph
-Use the filter tab to show only your Government Office Region
-Use the legend tab to change how the data are classified
-Click the magnifying glass at the side of any local authority to zoom in
-Use the mouse to draw a rectangle on the map to zoom into an area
Use palette to change the colour scheme
-A second map showing teenage pregnancy data at ward level is to follow ...
Please email John Langley with any feedback.
Categories: Young People, Children & Young People, Health, Research