Understanding
the Demographics Dashboard
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This dashboard displays statewide
statistics based on how the cases are categorized within
one of the following Measure
Groups: Age of the Child, Gender of the Child, or
Race of Child.
Case totals and statistics displayed
in this dashboard, however, are not displayed at the Measure
Group level. A Measure Group represents a broader term
for a series of subcategories, referred to as Measures, which are more precise
representations of the types of cases that meet the Measure
Group criteria. When a Measure Group is selected, the
information displayed on this dashboard is the breakdown
of cases that fall within the corresponding Measures and
those that additionally meet the choices selected in the
Leadership Roundtable, County, Include, and Case Category
filters.
Three separate measurement methods are used to display
statistical results within this dashboard: |
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"Measure
Group" Totals (table)* |
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Based
on the cases that fall under the selected Measure Group,
this table shows the breakdown of cases, by calendar year,
that are counted under each of the corresponding Measures.
*The
name of this table varies based on the Measure Group selected
through the corresponding data filter at the top of the
screen (ex. Age of the Child Totals or Gender of the Child
Totals).
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"Measure
Group Totals" by County (Map)** |
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The
map of Pennsylvania offers a more illustrative way of
portraying the count
of cases for each county within a given Measure.
Various
shades of green are used to reflect this count for the
corresponding year. Lighter shades represent a smaller
number of cases and darker shades represent counties with
higher totals.
Hovering your mouse
pointer over any county displays an informational popup
that provides the county name, its county number, and
its Leadership Roundtable. The precise
Measure totals for a given year also display and these
can be toggled for each county by clicking on the name
of a Measure and/or year in the "Measure
Group" Totals table. Initially, the statistics
reflected on this map are for a pre-selected Measure and
the earliest year shown.
The
shaded counties that appear in the map are based on the
selections in the Leadership
Roundtable and County
filters at the top of the screen. For example, selecting
‘3’ from the Leadership
Roundtable filter places a focus on the counties
within that roundtable by removing the green shading from
all counties outside that LRT. Alternatively, if the dashboard
is restricted to Allegheny County through the Select
a County filter, only that county is shaded on
the map.
**The name of this map varies
based on the Measure Group selected through the corresponding
data filter at the top of the screen (ex. Age of the Child
By County or Gender of the Child By County).
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"Measure
Group" by Type
or By Year (bar graph)*** |
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This bar graph offers information
in two ways based on the selection made through the View Type dropdown directly
above:
By
Measure (Type):
Based on the total number of cases
that are counted under each Measure over all the years
shown, this graph shows the percentage of those cases
that correspond to each calendar year.
See
example
By
Year:
Based on the total number of cases
that are counted under the selected Measure Group for
a given year, this graph shows the percentage of cases
that correspond to each Measure. The bar graph shows separate
totals for a multi-year period.
See
example
Regardless of the View
Type selected, a second metric, Age of Child Detail,
appears when 'Age of Child' is selected in the Measure
Group filter. This table shows the total number
of cases, for each calendar year shown, that apply to
each individual age (<1 through 19).
***The
name of this bar graph varies based on the Measure Group
selected through the corresponding data filter at the
top of the screen and the selected View Type (ex. Age
of the Child By Year or Gender of the Child By Type).
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