Report Indicator

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

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

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

Flag direction corrected. Affected indicators:

• Absence of Dental Insurance Coverage (CA Only)
• Inadequate Fruit/Vegetable Consumption (Adult)

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).
  

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 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

• Violent Crimes

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

• Teen Births

Two indicators have been updated to use the 2013-14 (pooled) California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) survey data. Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Dental Care – No Recent Exam (Youth)

Health Outcomes

• Mental Health – Needing Mental Health Care

CHIS queries have been reformatted to eliminate discrepancies between service area and county values due to rounding. Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Absence of Dental Insurance Coverage
• Dental Care – Lack of Affordability (Youth)
• Dental Care – No Recent Exam (Youth)
• Lack of a Consistent Source of Primary Care

Health Behaviors

• Low Fruit/Vegetable Consumption (Youth)
• Walking/Biking/Skating to School

Health Outcomes

• Heart Disease Prevalence
• Mental Health – Needing Mental Health Care