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
New data from the Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns program has been processed and released. New maps are aggregated to 2010 Census Tract boundaries. Affected Indicators: Physical Environment Fast Food Restaurant Access Grocery Store Access Liquor Store Access Recreation and Fitness Facility Access
New data from the Census Bureau’s SAIPE program has been processed and released. New estimates are based on 2010 SNAP program data, replacing previous estimates which 2009 program data. Affected Indicators: Social & Economic Factors Population Receiving SNAP Benefits
New data and maps from the USDA Economic Research Service measuring low food access have been processed and released. New estimates are based on 2010 population figures and grocery directories, replacing previous estimates which used inputs from 2006. Affected Indicators: Physical Environment Population with Low Food Access (Previously called Food Desert Population) Low Income Population…
New data from the CDC NCHHSTP for STD incidence in 2010 has been processed and released (replacing previous data for 2009). Affected Indicators: Health Outcomes Chlamydia Incidence Gonnorrhea Incidence
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for the 2005-11 seven-year period has been released. Updates replace previous indicator data from the 2004-2010 seven-year period. Affected Indicators: Social & Economic Factors Lack of Social or Emotional Support Clinical Care Pneumonia Vaccination Health Behaviors Heavy Alcohol Consumption Tobacco Usage Health Outcomes Poor General Health Health Outcomes Poor…
New Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for the 2005-11 seven-year period has been released. Affected Indicators: Social & Economic Factors Lack of Social or Emotional Support Clinical Care Pneumonia Vaccination
American Community Survey data for the 2007-11 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2006-2010 five-year period. Affected Indicators: Demographics Total Population Male Population Female Population Population Under Age 18 Population Age 18-64 Population Age 65+ Median Age Social & Economic Factors Children in Poverty Population in…
Age-adjusted mortality rates for malignant neoplasm (cancer) have been corrected. The previous version of this indicator reported age-adjusted mortality rates as the mean of the 95% confidence interval values reported for each county. This error affected the age-adjusted mortality rates for the total population for all counties with less than 100 total deaths, approximately 480…
One missing indicator, Population Age 55-64 was added to the Demographics Standard Report. This indicator replaced one instance of Population Age 45-54, which was double-listed. This error affects reports created between June 19th and June 24th, 2013.