Foot and Mouth Disease 2001 Risk Map for UK Counties

A risk assessment map for the 2001-2002 Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in the UK, classifying counties as high risk, at risk, or FMD free. The map is a JPEG image produced by the UK Government Digital Service and attributed to APHA with Crown Copyright from 2016.

Use Cases

• Visualizing the geographic spread of a historical animal disease outbreak based on the county-level risk classifications.
• Analyzing regional risk patterns for agricultural biosecurity based on the 'high risk', 'at risk', and 'FMD free' statuses.
• Creating educational or historical reference materials for veterinary epidemiology based on the documented outbreak map.

Strengths

• Provides a clear visual classification of disease risk status at the county level.
• Originates from an authoritative government source (UK Government Digital Service, APHA).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; data semantics must be inferred from the image.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• The data is presented as a static JPEG image, limiting direct computational analysis without digitization.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, UK. Attribution: ©Crown Copyright, APHA 2016.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official veterinary and outbreak reports.

Time Range

2001-2002 outbreak, map dated 23 September 2001.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

United Kingdom, at the county level.