Report Indicator

Walkability indicator data now benchmarks using “Percentage of Population in Car Dependent cities” as a benchmark.
Note: Data is available for select cities only.

Desired direction for Percent Adults Never Screened for HIV / AIDS changed to low or below benchmark. Desired direction for Percentage of Housing Units with No Air Conditioning changed to low or below benchmark.

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

• HIV Screenings

Lack of a Consistent Source of Primary Care

Health Behaviors

• Tobacco Usage – Former or Current Smokers
• Tobacco Usage – Quit Attempt

Health Outcomes

• Asthma Prevalence
• Heart Disease Prevalence
• Overweight (Adult)

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

• High Cholesterol (Adult)

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

• Breastfeeding (Any)
• Breastfeeding (Exclusive)
• Physical Inactivity (Youth)

Health Outcomes

• Obesity (Youth)

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

• Teen Births

New data on violent crimes are available for the 2012-14 three-year period (replacing data for 2010-12). Affected Indicators:

Social & Economic Factors

• Violence – All Violent Crimes

New data on violent crimes are available for the 2012-14 three-year period (replacing data for 2010-12). Affected Indicators:

Social & Economic Factors

• Violence – All Violent Crimes
• Violence – Assault (Crime)
• Violence – Rape (Crime)
• Violence – Robbery (Crime)

New data on violent crimes are available for the 2012-14 three-year period (replacing data for 2010-12). Affected Indicators:

Social & Economic Factors

• Violence – All Violent Crimes
• Violence – Assault (Crime)
• Violence – Rape (Crime)
• Violence – Robbery (Crime)

New data for emergency department injuries for 2013 and 2014 are now available. Data are pooled estimated acquired fro the California Department of Public Health EpiCenter Injury Surveillance System. Additionally, data breakouts by patient race / ethnicity have been added to the report. >

Affected indicators:

Social & Economic Factors

• Violence – Assault (Injury) (CA)
• Violence – Domestic Violence (CA)
• Violence – Youth Intentional Injury (CA)

New estimates for the 2014-2015 school year were acquired from the California Department of Education (replacing estimates from the 2013-14 school year). Additionally, data breakouts by student race / ethnicity have been added to the report indicators. >

Affected indicators:

Social & Economic Factors

• Violence – School Suspensions
• Violence – School Expulsions