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New 5-year mortality rates for 2019-2023 are now available (replacing data for 2018-2022). 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 Outcomes Suicide

New maps and data are now available for the Prevention – High Blood Pressure Management (Adult) indicator from the BRFSS PLACES dataset as released in 2024. Data have been updated for the 2022 reporting period, replacing data for 2021.

New 5-year mortality rates for 2019-2023 are now available (replacing data for 2018-2022). 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 Outcomes Cancer Mortality

New maps and data are now available for the Stroke (Adult) indicator from the BRFSS PLACES dataset as released in 2024. Data have been updated for the 2022 reporting period, replacing data for 2021.

New 5-year mortality rates for 2019-2023 are now available (replacing data for 2018-2022). 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 Outcomes Homicide

New maps and data are now available for the Other Social & Economic Factors – Food Insecurity (Adult) indicator from the BRFSS PLACES dataset as released in 2024.

The childcare cost burden data for the year of 2024&2023 are now available. Data were from the 2024&2023 Living Wage Calculator and Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates and are used for the 2025 County Health Rankings. The childcare costs for a household with two children as a percent of median household income are reported for…

This indicator reports the annual population estimate derived from the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program (PEP). PEP annually utilizes current data on births, deaths, and migration to calculate population change since the most recent decennial census and produce a time series of estimates of population, demographic components of change, and housing units.

The new school segregation index data are now available for the year of 2023-2024. Data were from the 2023-2024 National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and are used for the 2025 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 Student Reading Proficiency (4th Grade) indicator. New estimates for the 2021-2022 school year were acquired from the U.S. Department of Education EDData Express program (replacing estimates from the 2020-21 school year).