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 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.

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