New 5-year mortality rates for 2007-2011 are now available (replacing data for 2006-2010). Breakouts available by gender and by combined race/ethnicity. Single-year mortality rates for 2002 through 2011 have been added to display trends over time for states and the total US only. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Mortality – Cancer Mortality – Homicide Mortality –…
New data about chronic conditions among the Medicare population are available for 2015 (replacing data for 2014). Time series data are now available for years 2010 through 2015. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Diabetes (Medicare Population) Heart Disease (Medicare Population) High Blood Pressure (Medicare Population) High Cholesterol (Medicare Population)
New data on 4th grade reading proficiency for the 2014-15 school year has been added to the public CHNA data platform. Find it under: Social & Economic Factors Student Reading Proficiency (4th Grade)
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…