New data! Updated data for Free and Reduced Price Lunch Eligibility from the U.S. Deptartment (USDE) of Education National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Data for school year 2010-2011 released from NCES (replacing data for school year 2009-2010). County-level estimates now available. Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors Free and Reduced Price Lunch Student Eligibility

Improvements made to service area calculations for all mortality indicators sourced from the California Department of Public Health Death (CDPH) Death Statistical Master File.

Service area mortality rates now tabulated from ZCTA-level data (instead of county-level data) to provide more accurate small-area estimates. Service area race/ethnicity mortality rates removed. Affected indicators: Cancer Mortality (CA Only); Heart Disease Mortality (CA Only); Stroke Mortality (CA Only); Motor Vehicle Crash Death (CA Only); Pedestrian Motor Vehicle Death (CA Only);</ Suicide (CA Only)…

New data! Updated data for infant mortality from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

Changed data source (from CDC NVSS 2003-2006) to the CDC National Vital Statistics System 2003-2009. Death counts were downloaded from the CDC WONDER query system; birth counts were acquried from the Health Indicator Warehouse. Rates now reported for over 2,000 counties; race and ethnicity statistics reported for counties with 10 or more deaths over the…

New data! Updated data for seven morbidity/mortality indicators from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Death Statistical Master File (2008-2010).

Changed data source (from CDPH Death Profiles by ZIP Code) to the CDPH Death Statistical Master File (2008-2010). Data now reported using age-adjusted rates for comparison with HP2020 objectives. Race and ethnicity summaries added by county for areas with 10 or more deaths over the report period. All maps are available at the ZIP code…

New maps and data now available for Low Birth Weight indicator from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

New 7-year estimates for 2006-2012 acquired from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (replacing 7-year estimates for 2003-2009). Indicator data now available broken out by race/ethnicity; trends over time now available for time periods 2002-2008 through 2006-2012. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Low Birth Weight

New maps and data now available for Lack of Prenatal Care and Low Birth Weight indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

Data and maps now available for all counties with greater than 100,000 total population. Affected Indicators: Health Outcomes Low Birth Weight

New maps and data now available for one indicator from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) DataWarehouse.

Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) population data for 2013 has been acquired from the HRSA Data Warehouse and processed. Updates replace previous indicator data from the May 2012. Affected Indicators: Clinical Care Population Living in a Health Professional Shortage Area