Correction made to area values (square miles) for some custom report areas, affecting the Total Population indicator.

Correction made to area values (square miles) for some custom report areas, affecting the population density values for the Total Population indicator. This issue affected the following geographies only: State Senate District, Congressional District, and School District.

New maps and data now available for 5 cancer incidence indicators from the CDC / NCI State Cancer Profiles databases.

New 5-year average cancer incidence rates for 2009-2013 are now available (replacing data for 2008-2012). Breakouts are available by race and ethnicity. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Cancer Incidence – Breast Cancer Incidence – Cervical Cancer Incidence – Colon and Rectum Cancer Incidence – Lung Cancer Incidence – Prostate

Correction made to Preliminary Health Needs Identification Tool – Disparity Report.

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…