New HPSA indicator data and maps are now available for April 2016 (replacing data for April 2015). Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Facilities Designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas
• Population Living in a Health Professional Shortage Area

American Community Survey data for the 2010-14 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2009-2013 five-year period. Data from previous years is accessible via saved “static” reports, or by searching the Community Commons Map Room.

New HPSA indicator data and maps are now available for April 2016 (replacing data for April 2015). Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Health Professional Shortage Area – Dental
• Health Professional Shortage Area – Primary Care

New 5-year average cancer incidence rates for 2008-2012 are now available (replacing data for 2007-2011). Breakouts are available by race and ethnicity. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Cancer Incidence – Breast
• Cancer Incidence – Cervical
• Cancer Incidence – Colon and Rectum
• Cancer Incidence – Lung
• Cancer Incidence – Prostate

Correction made to area values (square miles) for some custom report areas, affecting the population density values for the Total Population indicator. This issue affected the following geographies only: State Senate District, Congressional District, and School District.

Errors in state-level population figures in the underlying data were identified, which affected values for state-level incidence rates. The error has been corrected. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• STI – Gonorrhea Incidence

An error was identified in which total population figures for service areas and regions in California were reported as an aggregate over the three-year data collection period (2010-2012) rather than as a point-in-time figure. Population figures have been updated to represent the total 2010 census population. Mortality rates, both crude and adjusted, were unaffected by this issue. Affected indicators:

• Mortality – Cancer
• Mortality – Homicide
• Mortality – Ischaemic Heart Disease
• Mortality – Motor Vehicle Accident
• Mortality – Pedestrian Accident
• Mortality – Stroke
• Mortality – Suicide

American Community Survey data for the 2012-16 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2011-2015 five-year period. Data from previous years is accessible via saved “static” reports, or by searching the Community Commons Map Room.

New maps and data now available for 4 indicators from the 2014 US Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns (replacing data for 2013). Annual data depicting trends over time is now available for counties, states, and the US for 2009 through 2014. Affected indicators:

Physical Environment

• Fast Food Restaurant Access
• Grocery Store Access
• Liquor Store Access
• Recreation and Fitness Facility Access

New data for 2014 acquired from the 2015-16 Area Health Resources File (AHRF) (replacing data for 2013). Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Access to Primary Care