New maps and data now available for Food Access indicators based on the USDA Food Access Research Atlas.

Indicators displaying the percentage of population with low food access and population living in food deserts have been updated. The updated data were released in April, 2021 and reflect conditions on the ground in the year 2019. This update replaces previous indicator data reflecting conditions 2015.

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 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…

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…