New data from the Census Bureau’s SAHIE program has been processed and released. New estimates compliment state and PUMA-level health insurance coverage estimates from the ACS (Indicator: Uninsured Population (Total). The county-level SAHIE data covers the entire US, but lacks detailed race and ethnicity estimates available through the ACS. Sampling and processing design differ between the two datasets; they should not be directly compared. New Indicators:

Social & Economic Factors

• Uninsured Population (Adults)
• Uninsured Population (Children)

Data for report years 2006-2010 acquired from the CDC WONDER query system (replacing data for survey year 2005-2009). Affected Indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Cancer Mortality
• Heart Disease Mortality
• Homicide
• Stroke Mortality
• Suicide

Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) population data for 2013 has been acquired from the HRSA Data Warehouse and processed. Updates replace previous indicator data from the May 2012. Affected Indicators:

Clinical Care

• Population Living in a Health Professional Shortage Area

New unemployment statistics represent the month of December, 2012. This information will now be continuously updated as new data is released from the BLS. Affected indicators:

Social and Economic Factors

• Unemployment Rate

Data for report years 2006-2010 acquired from the CDC WONDER query system. New Indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Accident Mortality
• Lung Disease Mortality
• Homicide
• Stroke Mortality
• Suicide

New data from the American Community Survey data for the 2009-11 three-year period has been processed and released! Affected Indicators:

Social and Economic Factors

• Uninsured Population (Total)
• Population Receiving Medicaid

Health Outcomes

• Population with Any Disability

Data for population disability status is also now available by age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

Outside CA: Data for 2010-11 academic year acquired from the New America Foundation (replacing data for 2009-10). Web maps available for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

CA Only: Data for 2011-12 academic year acquired from the California Department of Education. Breakouts now available by combined race/ethnicity.
Affected indicators:

Social and Economic Facotrs

• Student Reading Proficiency (4th Grade)

Indicator data has been changed due to a discrepancy between the way in which ZIP code and county-level prenatal care data is reported from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
For this indicator, service area summaries are based on ZIP code-level birth statistics. ZIP code level data on prenatal care are acquired from the CDPH 2010 Birth Profiles by ZIP Code databases, which report the number of mothers receiving prenatal care by trimester. Late or no prenatal care was previously reported as “mothers receiving care after the first trimester, or not at all”. County and state level summaries were, however, based on the CDPH Birth Statistical Data Tables (County Data) and Birth Statistical Data Tables (Statewide Data) tables. These tables were used to better capture true county estimates, since ZIP codes do not necessarily correspond to county boundaries. These tables only report one category of prenatal care: “Late or No Prenatal Care”. According to the footnotes, this category only captures mothers beginning prenatal care in the third trimester, or not at all.
To align the ZIP-based service area summaries with the county and state level summaries, prenatal care data is now reported for all geographic levels as mothers beginning prenatal care in the third trimester, or not at all.

New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing 3-year estimates for 2009-2011). Map data now available at the census tract geographic level. Affected indicators:

Social & Economic Factors

• Population Receiving Medicaid
• Uninsured Population

Data for 2011-2012 acquired from the California Health Interview Survey AskCHIS query system (replacing data for 2009). Data breakouts by gender now available. (Select More Options > Show indicator data by groupings…). Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Lack of Consistent Source of Primary Care

Health Behaviors

• Fruit/Vegetable Consumption (Youth)

Health Outcomes

• Heart Disease Prevalence
• Poor Mental Health