Foot and Mouth Disease Risk Map for UK Counties, 2001-2002

APHA's Foot and Mouth Disease risk assessment map from the 2001-2002 outbreak. The map classifies UK counties as high risk, at risk, or FMD free. The data is provided as a JPEG image file.

Use Cases

• Visualize historical disease spread patterns based on the county-level risk classifications.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of high-risk zones during the 2001-2002 FMD outbreak.
• Support retrospective epidemiological studies based on the official risk assessment map.

Strengths

• Official risk assessment map produced by the UK government agency APHA.
• Provides a clear visual classification of counties into three distinct risk categories.

Limitations

• Data is provided as a static JPEG image, limiting direct quantitative analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, UK.

Collection Method

Likely generated by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) for official risk assessment.

Time Range

2001-2002 outbreak.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

United Kingdom, county-level.