The new excessive drinking data for the year of 2019 are now available (replacing data for 2018). Data were from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) annual survey and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. Percentage of adults self-reporting excessive drinking in the last 30 days are reported for US counties and…
The new access to mental health providers data for the year of 2021 are now available (replacing data for 2020). Data were from the 2021 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Provider Identifier (NPI) downloadable file and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. Rate of mental health care providers per 100,000 population…
The new three-year average premature death data for the years of 2018-2020 are now available (replacing data for 2017-2019). Data were from the National Center for Health Statistics – Mortality Files (2018-2020) and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. The age-adjusted rate of potential life lost before age 75 per every 100,000 total population…
The juvenile arrest rate data for the year of 2019 are now available. Data were from the 2019 Easy Access to State and County Juvenile Court Case Counts (EZACO) and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. The rate of delinquency cases per 1,000 juveniles are reported for US counties and states over the report…
American Community Survey data for the 2016-2020 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2015-2019 five-year period.
The access to dentists data for the year of 2020 are now available. Data were from the 2020 Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. The rate of dentists per 100,000 population are reported for US states and counties (data are suppressed for counties with population greater than 4,000…
We updated the population data (denominator) and therefore affects the rates. The counts of non-profit organizations (numerator) stay the same (2020 data).
The gender pay gap data for the year of 2016-2020 are now available. Data were from the 2016-2020 American Community Survey and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. The ratio of women’s median earnings to men’s median earnings for all full-time, year-round workers are reported for US counties and states over the report period.
New data on children eligible for free/reduced price lunch are available for the 2020-21 school year (replacing data for 2019-20). The yearly trend data since 2012-13 are also available. The data are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Data (2020-21) and are for each school. CARES data is…
The new poor physical health days data for the year of 2019 are now available (replacing data for 2018). Data were from the 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) annual survey and are used for the 2022 County Health Rankings. Average poor physical health days per Month for adults are reported for US counties and…