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

• Tobacco Usage

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).
  

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 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

• Cervical Cancer Screening (Pap Test)
• Colon Cancer Screening (Sigmoid/Colonoscopy)
• Pneumonia Vaccinations (Age 65+)

Health Behaviors

• Heavy Alcohol Consumption
• Tobacco Usage – Current Smokers

Health Outcomes

• Poor General Health

Social & Economic Factors

• Lack of Social or Emotional Support

New data for the 2012-13 school year acquired (replacing data from the 2011-12 school year). Affected indicators:

Health Behaviors

• Physical Activity (Youth)

Health Outcomes

• Obesity (Youth)
• Overweight (Youth)

Data available for California counties and service areas only.