The following is a list of non-transformed variables. Please refer to the EQI_data_dictionary_2014Aug18.xls file in the data download for a more detailed listing. For more information about variable construction, please access these documents (EPA Report # EPA/600/R-14/304 (2014) Creating an Overall Environmental Quality Index - Technical Report; Messer LC, Jagai JS, Rappazzo KM, Lobdell DT. (2014) Construction of an environmental quality index for public health research. Environmental Health 13:39 doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-39; and Lobdell DT, Jagai JS, Rappazzo K, Messer LC. (2011) Data sources for environmental assessment: determining availability, quality and utility, American Journal of Public Health Suppl 1:S277-85). Air Domain non-transformed variables: A_EOx - Ethylene oxide (tons emitted); A_EdCl2 - Ethylidene dichloride (tons emitted); A_Glycol_ethers - Glycol ethers (tons emitted); A_HCB - Hexachlorobenzene (tons emitted); A_HCBD - Hexachlorobutadiene (tons emitted); A_HCCPD - Hexachlorocyclopentadiene (tons emitted); A_Hexane - Hexane (tons emitted); A_N2H2 - Hydrazine (tons emitted); A_HCl - Hydrochloric acid (tons emitted); A_Isophorone - Isophorone (tons emitted); A_Pb - Lead compounds (tons emitted); A_Mn - Manganese compounds (tons emitted); A_Hg - Mercury compounds (tons emitted); A_MeOH - Methanol (tons emitted); A_MIBK - Methyl isobutyl ketone (tons emitted); A_MMA - Methyl methacrylate (tons emitted); A_MeCl - Methyl chloride (tons emitted); A_Mehydrazine - Methylhydrazine (tons emitted); A_MTBE - MTBE (tons emitted); A_nitrobenzene - Nitrobenzene (tons emitted); A_DMA - N,N-dimethylaniline (tons emitted); A_otoluidine - o-toluidine (tons emitted); A_PAHPOM - PAH/POM (tons emitted); A_PCP - Pentachlorophenol (tons emitted); A_PH3 - Phosphine (tons emitted); A_P - Phosphorus (tons emitted); A_PCBs - Polychlorinated biphenyls (tons emitted); A_ProCl2 - Propylene dichloride (tons emitted); A_ProO - Propylene oxide (tons emitted); A_Quinoline - Quinoline (tons emitted); A_Se - Selenium compounds (tons emitted); A_Styrene - Styrene (tons emitted); A_Cl4C2 - Tetrachloroethylene (tons emitted); A_Toluene - Toluene (tons emitted); A_C2HCl3 - Trichloroethylene (tons emitted); A_Et3N - Triethylamine (tons emitted); A_VyAc - Vinyl acetate (tons emitted); A_VyCl - Vinyl chloride (tons emitted); A_11DCE - Vinylidene chloride (tons emitted); Water Domain non-transformed variables: D303_Percent - % of stream length impaired in county (percent); SEWAGENPDESperKM - Sewage Permits per 1000 km of Stream in County (permits/1000km); INDNPDESperKM - Industrial Permits per 1000 km of Stream in County (permits/1000km); STORMNPDESperKM - Stormwater Permits per 1000 km of Stream in County (permits/1000km); numDays_Close_Activity_tot - # of days closed per event in county 2000-2005 (days); numDays_Cont_Activity_tot - # of days per contamination advisory event in county 2000-2005 (days); numDays_Rain_Activity_tot - # of days per rain advisory event in county 2000-2005 (days); Per_TotPopSS_ave - Percent of Population on Self Supply, average 2000 and 2005 (percent); Per_PSWithSW_ave - Percent of Public Supply Population which is on Surface Water, average 2000 and 2005 (percent); CaAve - Calcium (Ca) precipitation weighted mean (mg/L); MgAve - Magnesium (Mg) precipitation weighted mean (mg/L); Kave - Potassium (K) precipitation weighted mean (mg/L); NaAve - Sodium (Na) precipitation weighted mean (mg/L); NH4Ave - Ammonium (NH4) precipitation weighted mean (mg/L); NO3Ave - Nitrate (NO3) precipitation weighted mean (mg/L); ClAve - Chloride (Cl) precipitation weighted mean (mg/L); SO4Ave - Sulfate (SO4) precipitation weighted mean (mg/L); HgAve - Total Mercury (Hg) deposition (ng/M2); AvgOfD3_ave - % of county drought – extreme (D3-D4) (percent); W_As - Arsenic (mg/L); W_Ba - Barium (mg/L); W_Cd - Cadmium (mg/L); W_Cr - Chromium (mg/L); W_CN - Cyanide (mg/L); W_FL - Fluoride (mg/L); W_HG - Mercury (inorganic) (mg/L); W_NO3 - Nitrate (mg/L); W_NO2 - Nitrite (mg/L); W_SE - Selenium (mg/L); W_SB - Antimony (mg/L); W_BE - Beryllium (mg/L); W_TI - Thallium (mg/L); W_ENDRIN - Endrin (mg/L); W_LINDANE - Lindane (mg/L); W_METHOXYCHLOR - Methoxychlor (ug/L); W_TOXAPHENE - Toxaphene (ug/L); W_DALAPON - Dalapon (ug/L); W_DEHA - Di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate (DEHA) (ug/L); W_OXAMYL - Oxamyl (Vydate) (ug/L); W_SIMAZINE - Simazine (ug/L); W_DEHP - Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) (ug/L); W_PICLORAM - Picloram (ug/L); W_DINOSEB - Dinoseb (ug/L); W_HCCPD - Hexachlorocyclopentadiene (ug/L); W_CARBOFURAN - Carbofuran (ug/L); W_ATRAZINE - Atrazine (ug/L); W_ALACHLOR - Alachlor (ug/L); W_HEPTACHLOR - Heptachlor (ug/L); W_HEPTACHLOR_EPOX - Heptachlor Epoxide (ug/L); W_24D - 2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) (ug/L); W_HCB - Hexachlorobenzene (ug/L); W_BENZOAP - Benzo[a]pyrene (ug/L); W_PCP - Pentachlorophenol (ug/L); W_124TCIB - 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene (ug/L); W_PCB - Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) (ug/L); W_DBCP - 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP) (ug/L); W_EDB - Ethylene dibromide (EDB) (ug/L); W_XYLENES - Xylenes (ug/L); W_CHLORDANE - Chlordane (ug/L); W_DCM - Dichloromethane (Methylene chloride) (ug/L); W_ODCB - 1,2-Dichlorobenzene (o-Dichlorobenzene) (ug/L); W_PDCB - 1,4-Dichlorobenzene (p-Dichlorobenzene) (ug/L); W_VCM - Vinyl chloride (ug/L); W_11DCE - 1,1-Dichloroethylene (ug/L); W_T12DCE - trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene (ug/L); W_EDC - 1,2-Dichloroethane (Ethylene Dichloride) (ug/L); W_111TRICHLORANE - 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (ug/L); W_CCL4 - Carbon Tetrachloride (ug/L); W_PDC - 1,2-Dichloropropane (ug/L); W_TRICHLORENE - Trichloroethylene (ug/L); W_112TCA - 1,1,2-Trichloroethane (ug/L); W_C2CL4 - Tetrachloroethylene (ug/L); W_BENZENE - Benzene (ug/L); W_CL1BENZ - Monochlorobenzene (Chlorobenzene) (ug/L); W_TOLUENE - Toluene (ug/L); W_ETHYLBENZ - Ethylbenzene (ug/L); W_STRYENE - Styrene (ug/L); W_DCE - Alpha Particles (ug/L); W_ALPHA - cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene (PCl/L); W_SILVEX - Silvex (ug/L); Land Domain non-transformed variables: PCT_HARVEST_ACRES - Harvested acreage (percent harvested acres/total acres); pct_irrigated_acres - Irrigated acreage (percent irrigated acres/total acres); farms_per_acres - Farms per acre (number farms/total acres); pct_manure_acres - Manure applied (percent acres manure applied/total acres); PCT_NEMATODE_ACRES - Chemicals used to control nematodes (percent acres chemical applied/total acres); PCT_DISEASE_ACRES - Chemicals used to control disease (percent acres chemical applied/total acres); PCT_DEFOLIATE_ACRES - Chemicals used to defoliate/control growth/thin fruit (percent acres chemical applied/total acres); PCT_AU - Animal units percent animal units/total acres; Herbicides - Herbicides (pounds); Fungicides - Fungicides (pounds); Insecticides - Insecticides (pounds); MEAN_AS - Arsenic (ppm); MEAN_SE - Selenium (ppm); MEAN_HG - Mercury (ppm); MEAN_PB - Lead (ppm); MEAN_ZN - Zinc (ppm); MEAN_CU - Copper (ppm); MEAN_NA__PCT - Sodium (weighted percent); MEAN_MG_PCT - Magnesium (weighted percent); MEAN_TI_PCT - Titanium (weighted percent); MEAN_CA_PCT - Calcium (weighted percent); MEAN_FE_PCT - Iron (weighted percent); MEAN_AL_PCT - Aluminum (weighted percent); MEAN_P_PCT - Phosphorus (weighted percent); Facilities_per_pop - Facilities per county pop (count of county facilities / county population); RADON_ZONE - Radon zone (radon category); Built Domain non-transformed variables: HWYPROP - Proportion of roads that are highway (miles highways / miles total roads); RYPROP - Proportion of roads that are primary streets (miles primary streets / miles total roads); fatal_rate - Traffic fatality rate (county fatality count/ county population); pct_pub_transport - Percent of population using public transport (percent); rate_al_pn_gm_env - Vice-related businesses (count county vice business / county population); rate_ent_env - Entertainment-related businesses (count county entertainment business / county population); rate_ed_env - Education-related businesses (count county education business / county population); rate_food_env_neg - Negative food related businesses (count county negative food business / county population); rate_food_env_pos - Positive food related businesses (count county positive food business / county population); rate_hc_env - Health care related businesses (count county health buisiness / county population); rate_rec_env - Recreation related businesses (count county recreation business / county population); rate_trans_env - Transportation related businesses (county county transportation business / county population); rate_civic_env - Civic related businesses (count county civic business / county population); to_unit_rate - Total subsidized housing units (count county subsidized housing units / county population); Sociodemongraphic Domain non-transformed variables: pct_rent_occ - Percent renter occupied (count county occupied rental units / total county units); pct_vac_units - Percent vacant units (count county vacant units / total housing units); med_hh_value - Median household value (dollars); med_hh_inc - Median household income (dollars); pct_pers_lt_pov - Percent persons less than poverty level (count county persons below poverty / county population); pct_no_eng - Percent no English (count county non-English speaking / county population); pct_hs_more - Percent earning greater than high school education (count county more than high school / county population); pct_unemp - Percent unemployed (count county unemployed / county population); work_out_co - Percent work outside county (count county work outside county / county population); med_rooms - Median number rooms per house (sum county count of rooms / county housing units); pct_mt_10units - Percent of housing with more than 10 units (count county housing more than 10 units / housing units); violent_rate - Mean number of violent crimes per capita (count of county violent crime / county population) EPA Report # EPA/600/R-14/304 (2014) Creating an Overall Environmental Quality Index - Technical Report;
Messer LC, Jagai JS, Rappazzo KM, Lobdell DT. (2014) Construction of an environmental quality index for public health research. Environmental Health 13:39 doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-39;
Lobdell DT, Jagai JS, Rappazzo K, Messer LC. (2011) Data sources for environmental assessment: determining availability, quality and utility, American Journal of Public Health Suppl 1:S277-85Danelle LobdellU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL)Epidemiologist(919) 843-4434109 TW Alexander Drive,DurhamNC27709lobdell.danelle@epa.govhttps://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-national-health-and-environmental-effects-research-laboratory-nheerl20181022https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/NHEERL/EQIUSEPA Environmental Quality Index (EQI) - Air, Water, Land, Built, and Sociodemographic Domains Non-Transformed Variables Dataset as Input for the 2000-2005 USEPA EQI, by County for the United States2013-05-21U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL)Research Triangle Park, NCDanelle LobdellEpidemiologist<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) in the Environmental Public Health Division (EPHD) is currently engaged in research aimed at developing a measure that estimates overall environmental quality at the county level for the United States. This work is being conducted as an effort to learn more about how various environmental factors simultaneously contribute to health disparities in low-income and minority populations, and to better estimate the total environmental and social context to which humans are exposed. This dataset contains the finalized non-transformed variables chosen to represent the Air, Water, Land, Built, and Sociodemographic Domains of the total environment. This does not represent the final variables for the EQI. The Transformed dataset was used to create the EQI. This dataset is for information purposes only for those who want to see the original non-transformed variables.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Six criteria air pollutants and 81 hazardous air pollutants are included in this dataset. Data sources are the EPA's Air Quality system (https://www.epa.gov/ttn/airs/airsaqs/) and the National-scale Air Toxics Assessment (https://www.epa.gov/nata/). Variables are average pollutant concentrations or emissions for 2000-2005 at the county level for all counties in the United States. Data on water impairment, waste permits, beach closures, domestic water source, deposition for 9 pollutants, drought status, and 60 chemical contaminants. Data sources are the EPA's WATERS (Watershed Assessment, Tracking and Environmental ResultS) Database (https://www.epa.gov/waters/), the U.S. Geological Survey Estimates of Water Use in the U.S. for 2000 and 2005 (https://water.usgs.gov/watuse/), the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/), the U.S. Drought Monitor Data (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/), and the EPA's National Contaminant Occurrence Database (https://water.epa.gov/scitech/datait/databases/drink/ncod/databases-index.cfm). Variables are calculated for the time period from 2000-2005 at the county level for all counties in the United States. Data represents traffic safety, public transportation, road type, the business environment and public housing. Data sources are the Dun and Bradstreet North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes; Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER); Fatality Annual Reporting System (FARS); and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data. This dataset contains the finalized variables chosen to represent the sociodemographic domain of the total environment. Data represents socioeconomic and crime conditions. Data sources are the United States Census and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports. Variables are calculated for the time period from 2000-2005 at the county level for all counties in the United States.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>EPA Place Names2015-01-31https://ofmpub.epa.gov/sor_internet/registry/termreg/searchandretrieve/taxonomies/search.do?search=&searchString=&taxonomyName=WBT%20-%20Geographic%20LocationsWeb Taxonomy - Geographic LocationsAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaChesapeake BayChesapeake Bay WatershedColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUnited StatesUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWashington DCWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingEPA GIS Keyword Thesaurushttps://www.epa.gov/geospatial/epa-metadata-technical-specificationEPA Metadata Technical Specification2018-10-22T00:00:00AirEnvironmentExposureIndicatorLandPesticidesWaterStandard Technical ControlsUnclassified<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><DIV STYLE="font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN>None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currency and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>-138.21454852-12.681516456.6522330361.71101571Publication date2000-01-01T00:00:002005-12-31T00:00:00This database includes non-transformed variables representing the Air, Water, Land, Built, and Sociodemographic Domains/environment as information for the original variables. For the variables used to construct the Air, Water, Land, Built, and Sociodemographic Domains domain index of the USEPA's EQI project, refer to the transformed dataset. Refer to the original data source for data limitations. See source data websites for more detail - EPA's Air Quality system (https://www.epa.gov/ttn/airs/airsaqs/) and the National-scale Air Toxics Assessment (https://www.epa.gov/nata/); EPA's WATERS (Watershed Assessment, Tracking and Environmental ResultS) Database (https://www.epa.gov/waters/), the U.S. Geological Survey Estimates of Water Use in the U.S. for 2000 and 2005 (https://water.usgs.gov/watuse/), the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/), the U.S. Drought Monitor Data (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/), and the EPA's National Contaminant Occurrence Database (https://water.epa.gov/scitech/datait/databases/drink/ncod/databases-index.cfm); 2002 Census of agriculture (http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2002/index.asp), National pesticide use database 2002 (http://www.croplifefoundation.org/); Web Service for National Priority List (NPL) sites (http://geodata.epa.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/OEI/FRS_INTERESTS); National Geochemical Survey (NGS) (http://tin.er.usgs.gov/geochem/doc/averages/countydata.htm); and Map of Radon Zones (https://www.epa.gov/radon/zonemap.html). Pesticide data was estimated based on county crop acres and state pesticide use data; Built Environment - Dun and Bradstreet North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes (http://www.dnb.com); Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) (https://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger); Fatality Annual Reporting System (FARS) (http://www.nhtsa.gov/FARS); and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (https://pic.hud.gov/pic/haprofiles/haprofilelist.asp). United States Census (http://www2.census.gov); and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (http://www.ucrdatatool.gov). Assumptions were made in variable construction/imputation, see report for detailed discussion.This database includes non-transformed variables representing the Air, Water, Land, Built, and Sociodemographic Domains/environment as information for the original variables. For the variables used to construct the Air, Water, Land, Built, and Sociodemographic Domains domain index of the USEPA's EQI project, refer to the transformed dataset.US EPA NHEERL EPHDFederal Program Inventory2013-09-16https://www.performance.gov/federalprograminventoryFederal Program Inventory020:053Danelle LobdellU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL)Epidemiologist(919) 843-4434109 TW Alexander Drive,DurhamNC27709lobdell.danelle@epa.govhttps://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/about-national-health-and-environmental-effects-research-laboratory-nheerl[From Metadata Record] Danelle LobdellUnrestricted Licensehttps://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.htmlEPA Public Domain License2022-10-22T00:00:00Metadata Created2013-05-21T00:00:00Metadata updated2014-11-24T00:00:00Metadata updated.2018-10-22T00:00:00county FIPS6C622625-F820-47AA-9838-C4762AA1B91615000000050001.0NAP