Improvements made to US population estimates and establishment rates for Fast Food Restaurant Access and Grocery Store Access indicators.

Previous United States population estimates and establishment rate figures included population data for Puerto Rico. These figures have been adjusted to reflect only population estaimtes and establishments in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Affected indicators: Physical Environment Fast Food Restaurant Access Grocery Store Access

New data for Federally Qualified Health Centers indicator from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Providers of Service 2012 Quarter 4 (POS) dataset.

New indicator information includes total population (Census 2010) and FQHC rate per 100,000 population. Affected indicators: Clinical Care Federally Qualified Health Centers

New maps and data now available for selected measures of primary care access and quality from the Dartmouth Institute’s Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare.

Data for Medicare reporting year 2010 acquired from the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare (replacing data from years 2003-2007). Affected Indicators: Clinical Care Preventable Hospital Events Breast Cancer Screening (Mammogram) Diabetes Management (Hemoglobin A1c Test)

New maps and data now available for county-level health insurance indicators from the US Census Bureau’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) Program.

New data from the Census Bureau’s SAHIE program has been processed and released. New estimates compliment state and PUMA-level health insurance coverage estimates from the ACS (Indicator: Uninsured Population (Total). The county-level SAHIE data covers the entire US, but lacks detailed race and ethnicity estimates available through the ACS. Sampling and processing design differ between…

New map and data table now available for Population Receiving SNAP Benefit indicator from the US Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) Program.

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 maps and data now available for food access indicators from the US Department of Agriculature (USDA) Economic Research Service (ERS).

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 maps and data now available for STD incidence indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).

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

Maps and data now available for new demographic and socioeconomic indicators from the US Census Bureau’s American Communuity Survey (ACS).

New data from the American Community Survey data for the 2007-11 five-year period has been processed and released! New Indicators: Demographics Linguistically Isolated Households Population Geographic Mobility Foreign-Born Population Hispanic Population Urban and Rural Population Social & Economic Factors Income Over $75,000 (Family) Population with Associate’s Level Degree or Higher