American Community Survey (ACS) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance
Use escrito dataset cdc.thir-stei
2014 - 2022 (excluding 2020). This dataset is a de-identified summary table of vision and eye health data indicators from ACS, stratified by all available combinations of age group, race/ethnicity, sex, and state. ACS is an annual nationwide survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that collects information on demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics of the U.S. population. Approximate sample size is 3 million annually. ACS data for VEHSS includes one question related to Visual Function. Data were suppressed for cell sizes less than 30 persons, or where the relative standard error more than 30% of the mean. Data will be updated as it becomes available. Detailed information on VEHSS ACS analyses can be found on the VEHSS ACS webpage (link). Additional information about ACS can be found on the U.S. Census Bureau website (https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/acs/about/ACS_Information_Guide.pdf). The VEHSS ACS dataset was last updated April 2024
Cite as: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. American Community Survey (ACS) – Vision and Eye Health Surveillance. https://data.cdc.gov/d/thir-stei
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- not stated
- Places
- United States
- Updated
- irregular
- Last modified
- 2025-03-07
- Units
- not stated
- License
- Open Data Commons Attribution License 1.0
- Method
- https://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/visionhealthdata/index.html
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| numerator | number | The actual number of patients in the dataset with the condition (n) |
| sample_size | number | Sample size used to calculate the data value |
| locationid | text | Lookup identifier value for the location |
| topicid | text | Lookup identifier for the Topic |
| yearstart | number | Starting year for year range |
| geographiclevel | text | Descriptor of location type (National, State, County) |
| yearend | number | Ending year for year range. Same as starting year if single year used in evaluation. |
| state_abbreviation | text | State abbreviation |
| locationabbr | text | Location (National or state) abbreviation |
| locationdesc | text | Location (National or state) full name |
| raceethnicity | text | Stratification value for race (e.g., All races, Asian, Black, non-hispanic, Hispanic, any race, North American Native, White, non-hispanic, or Other) |
| response | text | Optional column to hold the response value that was evaluated. |
| category | text | Category description |
| topic | text | Topic description |
| weighted_sample | text | Weighted sample size |
| questionid | text | Lookup identifier for the Question |
| ageid | text | Lookup identifier for the Age stratification |
| riskfactor | text | Stratification value for major risk factor (e.g., All participants) |
| age | text | Stratification value for age group (e.g., All ages, 0-17 years, 18-39 years, 40-64 years, 65-84 years, or 85 years and older) |
| question | text | Question description (e.g., Percentage of adults with diabetic retinopathy) |
| riskfactorid | text | Lookup identifier for the Major Risk Factor |
| categoryid | text | Lookup identifier for the Category |
| responseid | text | Lookup identifier for the Response |
| datavaluetypeid | text | Lookup identifier for the data value type |
| sex | text | Stratification value for sex |
| raceethnicityid | text | Lookup identifier for the Race/Ethnicity stratification |
| riskfactorresponseid | text | Lookup identifier for the Major Risk Factor Response |
| datasource | text | Abbreviation of Data Source |
| geolocation | point | Latitude & Longitude to be provided for formatting GeoLocation in the format (latitude, longitude) |
| nonweighted_sample | text | Unweighted sample size |
| data_value_footnote | text | Footnote text |
| data_value_footnote_symbol | text | Footnote symbol |
| data_value_type | text | The data value type, such as age-adjusted prevalence or crude prevalence |
| sexid | text | Lookup identifier for the Sex stratification |
| riskfactorresponse | text | Column holding the response for the risk factor that was evaluated (e.g., All participants) |
| data_value_unit | text | The unit, such as "%" for percent |
| data_value | number | A numeric data value greater than or equal to 0, or no value when footnote symbol and text are present |
| low_confidence_limit | number | 95% confidence interval lower bound |
| high_confidence_limit | number | 95% confidence interval higher bound |