Data Viz: Annual Opioid Surveillance Report

Client
Chicago Department of Public Health
Role
Lead Designer
The opioid crisis in Chicago is a growing and complex problem. In collaboration with the Chicago Department of Public Health, I've worked to help public health experts advocate for better public policy. Here's an epidemiological report I designed to provide an incisive summary of the impacts of the crisis for policy makers!

PULLING THE DATA

My partners at the Chicago Department of Public Health provided me with data compiled by the county Medical Examiner and other public health entities. My previous experience as an analyst helped me to sift through this data quickly, and identify trends in the epidemiological data.

Medical Examiner Case Archive
Cook County/CDPH Joint Opioid Brief
Annual Opioid Surveillance Report, 2017-2018

takeaways

Building a narrative is important for guiding policy decision, and it's much easier to do so when the information is organized incisively and accessibly!

Helping public policy advocates move the needle on the opioid crisis was a meaningful and educational experience for me: I learned to incorporate data and ease of use into my work, and apply that work in a creative but practical way.

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