New maps and data for Park Access indicator.
New data provided by the Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems (CARES). Affected indicators: Physical Environment Park Access . Maps now available at the 2010 census tract level.
Area Deprivation Index – Data Update
Data for the 2019 Area Deprivation Index (ADI) are now available! The ADI is a ranking of neighborhoods by socioeconomic status disadvantage in a region of interest (e.g. at the state or national level). It includes factors for the theoretical domains of income, education, employment, and housing quality. It can be used to inform health…
New data! Data updated for hospital discharge indicators sourced from the California Office of Statewide Planning and Health (OSHPD) Public Patient Discharge Data files (CA Service Areas only).
Data for survey years 2010-2011 acquired from OSHPD (replacing data for survey year 2010 alone). Improved data processing techniques now generate crude and age-adjusted discharge rates per 10,000 population for select patient conditions. Indicator tables continue to report condition-specific discharge events as a percentage of total patient discharges by age, gender, race, and ethnicity groupings….
New Maps and data now available for water violations.
This indicator displays the total number of drinking water violations recorded in a two year period. Health-based violations include incidents where either the amount of contaminant exceeded the maximum contaminant level (MCL) safety standard, or where water was not treated properly.
New maps and data now available for mortality indicators from the CDC WONDER Underlying Cause of Death Database.
New 5-year mortality rates for 2015-2019 are now available (replacing data for 2014-2018). Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Deaths of Despair (Suicide + Drug/Alcohol Poisoning) Mortality – Cancer Mortality – Heart Disease Mortality – Homicide Mortality – Coronary Heart Disease Mortality – Poisoning Mortality – Lung Disease Mortality – Motor Vehicle Crash Mortality – Opioid Overdose…
Influenza & Pneumonia Mortality and Firearm Mortality, 2015-2019
New maps and data now are available for these two indicators from the CDC National Vital Statistics System 2015-2019. Death counts were downloaded from the CDC WONDER query system. Total rates and race/ethnicity or gender statistics are reported for US counties and states with 10 or more deaths over the report period. Affected indicators: Health…
New Maps and data now available for Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Score
New data available for RSEI Scores by state and county for the year 2019. A RSEI Score is a unitless value that accounts for the size of the chemical release, the fate and transport of the chemical through the environment, the size and location of the exposed population, and the chemical’s toxicity. RSEI scores are…
New SparkMap Pro and Premium Report Indicators
New indicators added to the SparkMap Pro and Premium Subscription Reports! New Pro and Premium Indicators: Physical Environment Built Environment – Households with No Computer Built Environment – Households with No or Slow Internet New Premium Indicators: Physical Environment Air & Water Quality – Drinking Water Violations Air & Water Quality – Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators…
New map and data table now available for the Population Receiving SNAP Benefit indicator from the US Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program.
New data from the Census Bureau’s SAIPE program has been processed and released. New estimates are based on 2019 SNAP program data, replacing previous estimates which used 2018 program data. Affected Indicators: Social & Economic Factors Population Receiving SNAP Benefits
Unemployment Rate
Using the most current U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics release, unemployment rate data and maps have been updated to January 2021.