These datasets provide aggregated community risk scores for exposure to flooding using the First Street Foundation Flood Model (Version 1.3) at the county and zip code level. county_flood_score and zcta_flood_score provide the overall community risk score. county_flood_category_score and zcta_flood_category_score provide the risk score to specific categories of infrastructure. Each category; critical infrastructure, social infrastructure, residential properties, roads, and commercial properties, is a component of the overall community risk.

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The following fields are in the overall risk datasets:

Attribute

Description

county_id

The county FIPS code

count

The count (#) of infrastructure facilities

flood_score

A score of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 is shown. Community risk rankings represent risk as Minimal, Minor (1), Moderate (2), Major (3), Severe (4) and Extreme (5). Minimal risk is a case where no facilities within a category have flood risk. County level risks are ranked based on how their total depths compare to counties across the country.

The following fields are in the category risk datasets:

Attribute

Description

FIPS

County FIPS code

ZIP_CODE

ZIP code

count

The approximate length of roads (miles) within the geography of aggregation (i.e. ZIP Code, County)

flood_score

A score (Community Risk level) of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 is shown. Community risk levels represent risk as Minimal (0), Minor (1), Moderate (2), Major (3), Severe (4) and Extreme (5). Minimal risk is a case where no facilities within a category have flood risk. ZIP Code and County level risks are assessed based on how their total depths compare to ZIP Codes and Counties across the country.

risk_direction

A score of 1, -1, or 0 is shown. These note if flood risk is expected to increase (1), decrease (-1), or remain constant (0) over the next 30 years.

infrastructure_category_id

1= critical infrastructure, 4 = social infrastructure , 6 = residential properties, 8 - roads, 9 = commercial properties

In 2024, Pietermaritzburg in South Africa ranked first in the crime index among African cities, scoring **** index points. The six most dangerous areas on the continent were South African cities. Furthermore, Pretoria and Johannesburg followed, with a score of **** and **** points, respectively. The index estimates the overall level of crime in a specific territory. According to the score, crime levels are classified as very high (over 80), high (60-80), moderate (40-60), low (20-40), and very low (below 20). Contact crimes are common in South Africa Contact crimes in South Africa include violent crimes such as murder, attempted murder, and sexual offenses, as well as common assault and robbery. In fiscal year 2022/2023, the suburb of Johannesburg Central in the Gauteng province of South Africa had the highest number of contact crime incidents. Common assault was the main contributing type of offense to the overall number of contact crimes. Household robberies peak in certain months In South Africa, June, July, and December experienced the highest number of household robberies in 2023. June and July are the months that provide the most hours of darkness, thus allowing criminals more time to break in and enter homes without being detected easily. In December, most South Africans decide to go away on holiday, leaving their homes at risk for a potential break-in. On the other hand, only around ** percent of households affected by robbery reported it to the police in the fiscal year 2022/2023.

Descriptive statistics (mean & (sd)) for in situ neighbourhood judgements of threat, trust, wealth and sentiment analysis scores.

Variance of 10-year and 30-year CVD risk scores explained by neighborhood membership, offspring cohort examination 7 (1998–2001)/generation 3 examination 1 (2002–2005).

Characteristics of framingham offspring and generation 3 participants at offspring cohort examination 7 (1998–2001)/generation 3 examination 1 (2002–2005).

Source: WOTRO-COHEiSION Ghana Project (2014)Note: Spearman rank correlation test *p