The five burden regions
The map has five regions.
Every point on the map is a real person from a large national health survey. We line everyone up by how much health burden they carry, then split them into five equal groups — from the lowest burden to the highest. These are groups, not diagnoses, and not clusters a computer “found.” Explore each region below.
The climb
33%Q1
41%Q2
49%Q3
57%Q4
72%Q5
The five regions
Q1 · Low burden
Most systems in normal range; feels well.
33%
of people here live with a chronic condition
Q2 · Early drift
A symptom or one marker starting to move.
41%
of people here live with a chronic condition
Q3 · Mixed signals
Some fatigue or mood plus a couple of markers drifting.
49%
of people here live with a chronic condition
Q4 · Multi-system strain
Several systems clearly off together.
57%
of people here live with a chronic condition
Q5 · High, hidden burden
Tired, inactive, metabolic and inflammation markers up together — feels unwell but often told the tests are normal.
72%
of people here live with a chronic condition