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<h4 style="text-align:center">About the Project</h4>
<p>MorningStar is a collaboration of Merck Co, DocGraph, and Moravian College to provide students an opportunity to work directly with data, specifically in this case, that of diabetes and HA1c test poke ratios. We want to be able to develop a good way to visualize the analyzed data in a map. If you would like to check out the sponsors of this project, funding and project guidance is provided by <a href="http://www.merck.com/index.html" style="font-size:14px;color:SkyBlue">Merck Co</a>, the HA1c test data was supplied by <a href="http://www.docgraph.org" style="font-size:14px;color:SkyBlue">DocGraph</a>, and the developing teams of students are from <a href="http://www.moravian.edu" style="font-size:14px;color:SkyBlue">Moravian College</a>.</p>

<p>If you'd like to check out the blog that the group has written about the progress of the project, you can click <a href="http://morningstar.moravian.edu/" style="font-size:14px;color:SkyBlue">here</a>, or for the Github repository for the project is located <a href="https://github.com/MoravianCollege/moraviancollege.github.io" style="font-size:14px;color:SkyBlue">here</a>.</p>
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<p>If you'd like to check out the blog that the group has written about the progress of the project, you can click <a href="http://morningstar.moravian.edu/" style="font-size:14px;color:SkyBlue">here</a>, or for the Github repository for the project is located <a href="https://github.com/MoravianCollege/moraviancollege.github.io" style="font-size:14px;color:SkyBlue">here</a>.</p>

<h3 style="text-align:center">Map Description</h3>
<p>This tool is meant to allow users to explore possible correlations between data sets. Even though the project started out as a data visualization of HA1c data, it has morphed into a much more generalized tool that can be used to visualized any data sats. At the moment, the data sets being using are HA1c poke ratio and migrant housing, but any number of data sets could be used and compared in the future. See the ReadMe of the github.io for more details.</p>
<p>We want to be able to show easy-to-understand maps so that one can effectively explore multiple data sets on a large scale and create hypotheses about possible links between elements before then taking it to a more complex data analysis tool. Even though the project started out as a data visualization of HA1c data, it has morphed into a much more generalized tool that can be used to visualized any data sats. At the moment, the data sets being using are HA1c poke ratio and migrant housing, but any number of data sets could be used and compared in the future. See the ReadMe.md of the repository for more details.</p>

<p>The Hemoglobin A1c (HA1c) test is a blood test measuring the average blood sugar level over the past 2 to 3 months, and is used to see how well a person's diabetes is being controlled. Poke ratio is a ratio represented by the average number of tests done per patient over the number of tests, with an ideal number of 4 tests per year per patient. The Medicare billing data used in this project is collected in 2013. The average poke ratio across the United States is 1.63; State ratio ranges from a minimum of 1.39 to a maximum of 1.79. The map below shows poke ratio per state (including Puerto Rico) by Blue-White Scale, while areas without any data available are in grey. You may change the gradient level and colors for more details.</p>
<p>The Hemoglobin A1c (HA1c) test is a blood test measuring the average blood sugar level over the past 2 to 3 months, and is used to see how well a person's diabetes is being controlled. Poke ratio is a ratio represented by the average number of tests done per patient over the number of tests, with an ideal number of 4 tests per year per patient. The Medicare billing data used in this project is collected in 2013. The maps below show poke ratio (left) and migrant housing (right) by Blue-White Scale, while areas without any data available are in grey. You may change the gradient level and colors for more details.</p>

<p>Play around with the data! To navigate the map simply click on any state to enter the state and view county data. To return to the Country Map, click on the state again or click on Reload Map Button. You can pan by dragging the map around and zoom by scrolling. See if you can find any patterns between the two.</p>
<p>* Note - The zoom function is not compatible with Mozilla Firefox.</p>
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