Report Indicator

Gender and combined race /ethnicity breakouts are now available at the state and national level for eight indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Data was acquired by CARES through analysis of 2006-2010 annual survey data. Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Lack of a Consistent Source of Primary Care
• High Blood Pressure Management
• HIV Screenings
• Dental Care Utilization

Health Outcomes

• Asthma Prevalence
• Heart Disease Prevalence
• Overweight (Adult)
• Poor Dental Health

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

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

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)