Visualizing Health
Upon navigating throughout the website, the importance of the tools and calculators on this website became apparent. I started at the risk calculator, where you enter different demographics that will compute your risk of cardiovascular disease based on the Framingham Health Study. Although this calculator may not be accurate for everyone, it provides an estimate that could be used as a baseline for your health. A tool like this could be used as an awakening for someone; Someone who enters their data and realizes that they may be a high risk, may decide to change their lifestyle.
Here is the visual and data I received after entering my demographics.
As you can see, based on the risk calculator my likelihood of developing a cardiovascular disease in the next 10 years is about 2%. I then used the icon array to put more perspective on my data.
This visual shows the percentage of people with similar demographics as mine that would be likely to develop a cardiovascular disease within the next 10 years (out of 100).
Like I said before, this tool can be used as a great estimate for people’s health. Overall, I believe this website is a step towards modernized health support.
Examples Of “Good” Infographics
Infographics are a great tool for learning, retaining information, and organizing data sets to efficiently display information. There are infographics that can be considered “good” and some that can be considered “bad”. In this blog post I will share what makes a good infographic.
A good infographic often presents complex data into a more clear, simple, and concise way. A good infographic should use its visuals to help the audience interpret the main ideas through storytelling. Most importantly, a good infographic should be useful to the viewers.
In this infographic on which college majors study the most, takes data that would most likely be very complex on a data sheet, and turns the data into a concise yet comprehensive story that displays the information readily available to the audience. This infographic is clear, easy to interpret, and tells the story on study times. Above all, it is useful information to the intended audiences.
This is another example a good infographic, that displays information clearly, effectively, and is useful to the intended audiences. It tells the story of students and what their weeks consist of. It utilizes good visuals that help the reader interpret the data effectively, making it a memorable visual.
These graphs are great examples of insightful infographics. They’re useful, clear, effective, and display comprehensive data sets that are now easily interpreted by the audience. This is what every good infographic should look like.