New maps and data now available for five 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:
Social & Economic Factors
- Lack of Social or Emotional Support
Clinical Care
- Pneumonia Vaccination
Health Behaviors
- Heavy Alcohol Consumption
- Tobacco Usage
Health Outcomes
- Poor General Health
Health Outcomes
- Poor General Health
New maps and data now available for one indicator 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
- 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
New maps and data now available for 7 indicators from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
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)
New indicator added to the CHNA platform!
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 maps and data now available for 5 indicators from the National Survey of Children’s Health.
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 maps and data now available for Teen Births indicator from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).
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