New maps and data for 2020 now available for the Health Behaviors – Insufficient Sleep (Adult) indicator!

New maps and data are now available for the Insufficient Sleep (less than 7 hours on average for adults) indicator from the BRFSS PLACES dataset as released in 2022. Data have been updated for the 2020 reporting period, replacing data for 2018 (this indicator follows an even year release schedule).

New maps and data now available for the Absolute Threshold Heat Index Days from the CDC National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, 2022.

Data have been updated from 2011 annual count via CDC WONDER to 2019-21 three-year average count via CDC National Environmental Public Health. Maps are updated accordingly to reflect this change. We made this change because the old version has not been updated since 2011. Note that the new report fields are different than the previous…

New maps and data now available for the School Segregation Index indicator from the 2023 County Health Rankings.

The new school segregation index data are now available for the year of 2021-2022. Data were from the 2021-2022 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and are used for the 2023 County Health Rankings. This indicator reports the extent to which students within different race and ethnicity groups are unevenly distributed across schools when compared with…

New maps and data now available for the Gender Pay Gap indicator from the 2023 County Health Rankings.

The gender pay gap data for the year of 2017-2021 are now available. Data were from the 2017-2021 American Community Survey and are used for the 2023 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 maps and data now available for the Premature Death indicator from the 2023 County Health Rankings.

The new three-year average premature death data for the years of 2018-2020 are now available. Data were from the National Center for Health Statistics – Mortality Files (2018-2020) and are used for the 2023 County Health Rankings. The age-adjusted rate of potential life lost before age 75 per every 100,000 total population are reported for US…