New HPSA indicator data and maps are now available for April 2016 (replacing data for April 2015). Affected indicators: Clinical Care Health Professional Shortage Area – Dental Health Professional Shortage Area – Primary Care
CHNA indicators have been reformatted to eliminate discrepancies between service area and county values due to rounding. Figures for all indicators generated from county-level data now round to 1 decimal place. Figures for all indicators generated from ZIP codes, census tracts, and points/addresses still round to 2 decimal places.
The definition changed for coronary heart disease mortality altered in order to fully correspond with Health People 2020 objectives. The definitions has changed from [I11, I20-I25] to [I20-I25]. Hypertensive heart diseases (I11) are no longer included in the definition.
Data on subsidized housing units for 2016 has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from 2015. Affected indicators: Physical Environment Housing Environment – Assisted Housing
A data inconsistency error was identified and corrected. The error was present only in the “Preliminary Health Needs Identification Tool” for the race/ethnicity disparity EXCEL data export. Specifically, the data in the “Native American/Alaskan Native Alone” and “Asian Alone” columns in the Tab2_RaceEthnicDisparities sheet were affected. The error was caused by a typo in a…
Errors in state-level population figures in the underlying data were identified, which affected values for state-level incidence rates. The error has been corrected. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes STI – Gonorrhea Incidence
New 5-year mortality rates for 2009-2013 are now available (replacing data for 2007-2011). Breakouts available by gender and by combined race/ethnicity. Single-year mortality rates for 2002 through 2013 have been added to display trends over time for states and the total US only. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Mortality – Cancer Mortality – Heart Disease Mortality…
Maps and data for heart disease mortality (all) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) has been added to the CHNA platform. Heart disease mortality is defined by the following ICD-10 codes: I00–I09, I11, I13, I20–I51. New Indicator: Health Outcomes Mortality – Heart Disease
New maps and data now available for 4 indicators from the 2014 US Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns (replacing data for 2013). Annual data depicting trends over time is now available for counties, states, and the US for 2009 through 2014. Affected indicators: Physical Environment Fast Food Restaurant Access Grocery Store Access Liquor Store Access…
New data on the number of percentage of food insecure population are available from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap 2016. Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors Food Insecurity Rate