New maps and data now available for Population Receiving Medicaid from the NC Medicaid Enrollment Reports are provided by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), Division of Health Benefits (DHB).

Note:Data for this indicator has changed sources. Previously data were obtained from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, which represent self-reported multi-year estimates. The new indicator data are sourced from the North Carolina Medicaid Enrollment Reports. This source provides timely and accurate enrollment numbers from administrative records.

New data now available for the Suicides indicator from the 2025 County Health Rankings.

The new age-adjusted suicide death rate data for 2018–2022 are now available. This indicator reports the number of deaths due to self-inflicted injuries per 100,000 population, based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics and used in the 2025 County Health Rankings. Data are suppressed for counties with fewer than 10 suicide deaths in the time period.

Correction made to the underlying data for Massachusetts chronic disease prevalence indicators.

Estimates were revised for five Massachsuetts chronic disease indicators. These data were produced by Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) using Electronic Health Records (EHR) from MDPHnet. Affected indicators:

  • Chronic Conditions – Asthma Prevalence (Electronic Health Records)*
  • Chronic Conditions – Diabetes Prevalence (Electronic Health Records)*
  • Chronic Conditions – Hypertension Prevalence (Electronic Health Records)*
  • Chronic Conditions – Obesity Prevalence (Electronic Health Records)*
  • Health Behaviors – Smoking Prevalence (Electronic Health Records)*