Bing Health Maps Focuses on Healthiest (or Unhealthiest) Places in the Country

When Microsoft announced in 2009 at a conference I was attending that they were serious about having Bing become a real competitor of Google…..I didn’t think they were serious. There have been way too many times in the past when the giant Microsoft said they were going to go all-out…and then it never materialized. Bing however, cannot be thrown into that category.

I’ve recently become impressed with many of Bing’s features. One that caught my eye today was the Health Information part of their website. What Bing has done is they took their map service and allowed their users to select certain health indicators…..and you can view these by state. The health indicators include:

BIRTH MEASURES

Low Birth Weight

 

Very Low Birth Weight

 

Births to Women Under 18

 

Births to Women over 40

 

Births to Unmarried Women

 

No Prenatal Care in First Trimester

DEATH MEASURES

Infant Mortality

 

White Non-Hispanic Infant Mortality

 

Black Non-Hispanic Infant Mortality

 

Hispanic Infant Mortality

 

Neonatal Mortality

 

Postneonatal Mortality

 

Breast Cancer (Female)

 

Colon Cancer

 

Coronary Heart Disease

 

Homicide

 

Lung Cancer

 

Motor Vehicles Injuries

 

Stroke

 

Suicide

 

Unintentional injuries (excl. motor vehicle accidents)

HEALTH RISK FACTORS

No Exercise

 

Few Fruits and Vegetables

 

Obesity

 

High Blood Pressure

 

Smoker

 

Diabetes

We mention this part of Bing for doctors because we know that some of you are contemplating moving to different states because of the high cost of medical malpractice insurance. Or….you may just like looking at the data like I do!

In any event, we know that the more information you have, the more likely you will make a better decision. This is why we have posted historic medical malpractice insurance data for doctors, for all states, dating back to the year 2000. Just another, of many, reason MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com stands above the rest.

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