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:
Health Behaviors
- Tobacco Usage
New maps and data now available for two indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
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:
Health Behaviors
- Heavy Alcohol Consumption
Health Outcomes
- Poor General Health
Improvements made to calculations for High School Graduation Rate indicator.
Service area / multi-county area estimates are now available. Graduation rates are provided from County Health Rankings; freshman base enrollment (denominator) figures are generated from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data files; diplomas issued (numerator) figures are estimated through the combination of these sources. See indicator methodology and footnotes for more information. Affected indicators:
Social & Economic Factors
- High School Graduation Rate
Improvements made to race/ethnicity reporting for all California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data.
Estimates suppressed for counties and service areas where indicator data is statistically unstable. Some race/ethnicity groups no longer reported, but reported data is more accurate. Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
- Absence of Dental Insurance Coverage
- Dental Care Affordability
- Dental Care Utilization (Youth)
- HIV Screenings
Health Behaviors
- Adequate Fruit/Vegetable Consumption (Youth)
Health Outcomes
- Heart Disease Prevalence
- Poor Mental Health
Improvements made to benchmarking for two indicators.
Flag direction corrected. Affected indicators:
- Absence of Dental Insurance Coverage (CA Only)
- Inadequate Fruit/Vegetable Consumption (Adult)
New data! Updated data for six indicators from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Changed data source (from BRFSS 2010) to BRFSS 2006-2010 5-year estimates. Indicator data is now available at the county level for areas with over 500 total responses. Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
- Dental Care Utilization (All Areas)
- HIV Screenings (US Only)
Health Outcomes:
- Asthma Prevalence (US Only)
- Heart Disease Prevalence (US Only)
- Poor Dental Health (All Areas)
- Overweight (Adult) (US Only).
New indicators! Data added from the CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Indicators added from BRFSS 2006-2010 5-year estimates. Indicator data is now available at the county level for areas with over 500 total responses. Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
- Lack of a Consistent Source of Primary Care (All Areas)
- High Blood Pressure Management (All Areas).
New indicators added to the CHNA platform!
New Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data for the 2006-10 five-year period has been processed and released. New Indicators:
Health Behaviors
- Tobacco Usage (Current or Former Smokers)
- Tobacco Usage (Quit Attempt)
Indicator data by gender and by combined race /ethnicity are available at the state and national level for these indicators. This data was acquired by CARES through analysis of 2006-2010 annual survey data.
New data by gender and by race / ethnicity now avaialble for eight indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
Gender and combined race /ethnicity breakouts are now available at the state and national level for eight indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Data was acquired by CARES through analysis of 2006-2010 annual survey data. Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
- Lack of a Consistent Source of Primary Care
- High Blood Pressure Management
- HIV Screenings
- Dental Care Utilization
Health Outcomes
- Asthma Prevalence
- Heart Disease Prevalence
- Overweight (Adult)
- Poor Dental Health