Public Health Regions

Description | Contacts | Attribute Information | Constraints

Description

Layer name: HEALTH_REGION_2020
Subject category: planning
Title: Public Health Regions
Feature Count: 4
Feature Type: Polygon
Abstract: The four regions (North, Seattle, South, and East) are constructed from health reporting areas. The North region includes Shoreline, Bothell, Woodinville, Kenmore, and Lake Forest Park. The South region includes Enumclaw, Black Diamond, Southeast King County, Federal Way, Lakeland, Algona, Pacific, Milton, Auburn, East Highlands, Hobart, Kent, Maple Valley, Greater Maple Valley, Covington, Des Moines, Normandy Park, Vashon, Fairwood, SeaTac, Burien, Tukwila, North Highline, White Center, Renton, and Skyway. Seattle encompasses all areas within city limits. East includes Newcastle, Four Creeks, Snoqualmie, North Bend, Issaquah, Bellevue, Mercer Island, Medina, Clyde Hill, Sammamish, Greater Sammamish, Duvall, Carnation, Skykomish, Redmond, Kirkland, Bear Creek and Northeast King County.
Purpose: Health regions are aggregates of health reporting areas and are used to report and visualize health metrics on a sub-county level.
Status:
Updated:
Time period of content: (single date,as YYYYMMDD)::
Time period of content: (date range, as YYYYMMDD):: -
Spatial reference: WA State Plane North
FGDC Documentation: Classic or FAQ
Open Data Availability: Yes
Place Keywords: Washington state, King County, WA, Pacific NW,
Theme Keywords: planning, planningCadastre,
Lineage: Not available

Contacts

Maintained by:
King County Dept of Public Health
Primary: Daniel Casey, Epidemiologist, 206-263-2207
(How to e-mail a County contact)
Secondary: KCGIS Center; giscenter@kingcounty.gov. This mailbox is monitored during business hours.

Attribute Information

Item

Description

Domain

_id

1
2
3
4

_name

East
North
Seattle
South

_census

_version

_Shape.STArea()

_Shape.STLength()

Constraints

Access: Access Constraint: Data is available on GIS Data Portal: http://www5.kingcounty.gov/gisdataportal/Default.aspx

Use: Use Constraint: King County data are made available with the understanding that they shall be used exclusively by the obtainer or their authorized agents. Digital products may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form or by any means without the express written authorization of King County.