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

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 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 7 indicators from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

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