New indicator added to the reporting platform!
New data on chronic absenteeism students who were absent 15 or more school days during the school year) has been added to the data platform!
High School Graduation Rate, 2017-18 report indicator update
New maps and data now available for High School Graduation Rate indicator. New estimates for the 2017-2018 school year were acquired from the US Department of Education (ED), replacing estimates from the previous school year. Trend-over-time and race/ethnicity breakouts are now available for this indicator!
New data! Updated data for Free and Reduced Price Lunch Eligibility from the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Data for school year 2018-2019 has been acquired and analyzed from NCES (replacing data for school year 2016-2017). Affected indicators: Students Eligible for Free and Reduced Price Lunch
New maps and data now available for four indicators from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). (CA Only)
Data for 2011-2012 acquired from the California Health Interview Survey AskCHIS query system (replacing data for 2009). Data breakouts by gender now available. (Select More Options > Show indicator data by groupings…). Affected indicators: Clinical Care Lack of Consistent Source of Primary Care Health Behaviors Fruit/Vegetable Consumption (Youth) Health Outcomes Heart Disease Prevalence Poor Mental…
New maps and data now available for Pedestrian Fatality indicator.
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2014-2018). Data are obtained through analysis of address-level National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data files.
New maps and data now available for Alcohol-Involved Motor Vehicle Fatality indicator.
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2014-2018). Data are obtained through analysis of address-level National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data files.
New data! New mortality indicators added for lung disease and unintentional injury (accident) deaths. Both consistently rank in the top 5 causes of death by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data sourced from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.
Data for report years 2006-2010 acquired from the CDC WONDER query system. New Indicators: Health Outcomes Accident Mortality Lung Disease Mortality Homicide Stroke Mortality Suicide
Improvements made to calculations for Populations with Any Diability indicator.
Service area/multi-county area calculations updated to account for counties in which no data is reported. Reports generated earlier may include service area and multi-county area calculations that may incorrect. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Population with Any Disability
New data! Data updated for Prostate Cancer Incidence from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) State Cancer Profiles database.
Data for survey year 2005-2009 acquired from the NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles website (replacing data for survey year 2004-2008). Estimates now available disaggregated by race or ethnicity. Affected indicators: Prostate Cancer Incidence
Improvements made to calculations for all mortality indicators sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) Database.
State-level mortality rates now queried directly from the CDC WONDER database (instead of summarized from county-level data) to provide more accurate estimates. The previous method was affected by data suppression in some states, resulting in inaccurate figures. Affected indicators: Cancer Mortality Heart Disease Mortality Stroke Mortality Suicide Homicide