How does the data from the two states compare?

Click on the following webpage (http://www.cdc.gov/about/history/tengpha.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.) of the CDC that outlines the greatest public health achievements in the 20th century. Click on one of the health issues on the page (it can be related to your final project) and read about its history and present day challenges, if any. Then click on http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showStateTracking.action (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and choose two particular states (feel free to use your state, if it has a tracking page) and a specific disease or health issue that the state is tracking (Again, it can be related to your final project). Develop or look for data, graphs, and maps on your choice and decipher what the data presents. Feel free to play around with the tracking systems of both states.

Reflect: As you looking at the websites considering the following questions:

What do you learn about the history of the disease you chose?
Would you argue that this is why these states choose to track this particular data?
How far back does this state track the data?
What do you learn from the data?
How does the data from the two states compare?
Can you explain the difference and why it exists?
What do you notice about gender, race, and class?

Write: As you consider the history and the greatest achievements in public health as well as current health issues on the tracking systems, what is the connection between the past and present when it comes to the link between health and the environment? How is gender, race, and/or class connected to health and the environment?

Guided Response: Your initial post should be at least 300 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts in no less than 100 words by Day 7.