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
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
Health Behaviors
Health Outcomes
New multi-year estimates are now available from the 2011 and 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (replacing estimates from 2006-2010). Due to new sampling procedures, prevalence estimates from 2011 and onward are not comparable to data from previous survey years. Indicator data is available broken out by race/ethnicity for states and the US only. Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
Lack of a Consistent Source of Primary Care
Health Behaviors
Health Outcomes
One new indicator has been added to the CHNA platform from the 2011-2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Indicator reports the proportion of the adult population (age 18+) who self-report that they have been diagnosed with high cholesterol. New Indicators:
Health Outcomes
New state-level estimates were acquired from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health (replacing estimates from 2007). State and national indicator data is available by race / ethnicity. Data is only available for service areas outside of California. Affected indicators:
Health Behaviors
Health Outcomes
Overweight (Youth)
New 7-year estimates for 2006-2012 acquired from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (replacing estimates for 2006-2011). Indicator data now available broken out by race/ethnicity; trends over time now available for time periods 2002-2008 through 2006-2012. Affected indicators:
Social & Economic Factors
New maps and data now available for 7 indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Data are multi-year estimates from 2006-2012, replacing data for 2004-2010 and 2005-2011. Report tables now display both crude and age-adjusted percentages for each indicator. Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
Health Behaviors
Health Outcomes
Social & Economic Factors
New data for the 2012-13 school year acquired (replacing data from the 2011-12 school year). Affected indicators:
Health Behaviors
Health Outcomes
Data available for California counties and service areas only.
New data for 2012 acquired from the FBI Crime in the United States data system (replacing data for 2010). Single and multi-county summaries are now provided. Please use caution (and view data caveats) when interpreting county-level data. Affected indicators:
Social and Economic Factors
New data for 2007-2011 acquired from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and the Health Indicators Warehouse (replacing data for 2003-2009). Affected indicators:
Social and Economic Factors