Foot and Mouth Disease 2001 UK County Risk Status Map

A risk assessment map showing the status of UK counties during the 2001-2002 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak. The map categorizes counties as high risk, at risk, or FMD free. The data is provided by the Government Digital Service and carries Crown Copyright from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) in 2016.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the geographic spread of a historical animal disease outbreak based on the described county-level risk categories.
• Analyzing the spatial patterns of disease risk zones during the 2001-2002 FMD epidemic.
• Creating comparative baselines for modern disease outbreak models based on the historical risk assessment framework.

Strengths

• Provides a specific historical snapshot of a major animal disease outbreak from 2001-2002.
• Includes an official attribution and Crown Copyright from the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency.

Limitations

• The data is provided as a JPEG image, limiting direct quantitative analysis without manual digitization.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred from the image.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)

Collection Method

Likely produced by government veterinary authorities for outbreak management.

Time Range

2001-2002 outbreak, map dated 08.10.2001

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

United Kingdom, at the county level