State Tobacco Control Funding Appropriations and Expenditures

1991-2016 data from the CDC's STATE System tracks state-level tobacco control funding. It includes appropriations from federal, state, RWJF, and Legacy sources, and expenditures categorized by CDC Best Practices program components. The dataset is maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in tobacco control appropriations by state and funding source (LocationAbbr, Source, YEAR, Data_Value).
• Model the relationship between expenditure categories (MeasureDesc) and state characteristics using features like LocationDesc and YEAR.
• Compare state expenditures against CDC Best Practices Recommendations using Data_Value_Unit, Funding_Cycle, and YEAR columns.
• Perform geospatial analysis of funding allocation using GeoLocation fields alongside LocationAbbr and Data_Value.

Strengths

• 26-year time series for appropriations data (1991-2016).
• Expenditure data categorized by five CDC Best Practices Program Components (MeasureDesc).
• Data tracks four major funding sources (Source column).

Limitations

• Expenditure data coverage is shorter (2008-2016) than appropriations data.
• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting statistical power assessment.
• Geographic coverage is limited to U.S. states and territories.

Provenance

Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) STATE System.

Collection Method

Aggregated from state reports on tobacco control funding.

Time Range

1991-2016 for appropriations; 2008-2016 for expenditures.

Freshness

Last updated 2023-08-25; data coverage ends in 2016.

Geography

U.S. states and territories (LocationAbbr, LocationDesc).