New data on the locations of Federally Qualified Health Centers has been updated to the CMS POS file from Quarter 3 of 2013 (replacing data from Quarter 4, 2012). Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing data for 2007-2011). Affected indicators:
Demographics
New 5-year mortality rates for 2007-2011 are now available (replacing data for 2006-2010). Breakouts available by gender and by combined race/ethnicity. Single-year mortality rates for 2002 through 2011 have been added to display trends over time for states and the total US only. Affected indicators:
Health Outcomes
New maps and data now available for 2 indicators from the 2012 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance System (STDSS) (replacing data for 2011). Affected indicators:
Health Outcomes
New 5-year mortality rates for 2007-2011 are now available (replacing data for 2006-2010). Breakouts available by gender and by combined race/ethnicity. Single-year mortality rates for 2002 through 2011 have been added to display trends over time for states and the total US only. Affected indicators:
Health Outcomes
New maps and data now available for 2 indicators from the 2012 US Census Bureau’s SAHIE program (replacing data for 2011). Annual data depicting trends over time is now available for counties, states, and the US for 2007 through 2012. Affected indicators:
Social and Economic Factors
HP2020 values were removed from the Breast Cancer Incidence indicator table. HP2020 objective reports a benchmark of 42.1 for late-stage breast cancer. The CHNA platform indicator reports incidence rates of all breast cancer, and thus should not be compared to HP2020 objectives.
The definition changed for coronary heart disease mortality altered in order to fully correspond with Health People 2020 objectives. The definitions has changed from [I11, I20-I25] to [I20-I25]. Hypertensive heart diseases (I11) are no longer included in the definition.
A new indicator for high school graduation rate from the US Department of Education (ED) has been added to the CHNA platform. This indicator is a supplement to the existing high school graduation rate indicator from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The new ED indicator reports the cohort-adjusted high school graduation rate. This measure divides the number of diplomas issued in the 2010-11 school year by the total adjusted student cohort, which is made up of students who entered 9th grade for the the first time in 2008, which is “adjusted” by adding any students who subsequently transfer into the cohort and subtracting any students who subsequently transfer out, emigrate to another country, or die. This measure is a more accurate measure of cohort size than the data from NCES, which reports the average freshman graduation rate. This measure divides the total number of diplomas issued in the 2008-09 school year by the average freshman base, which is calculated by averaging the class size of first-time 9th grade students in each of the preceding 4 years. Though the new indicator is both more current and more accurate, the NCES indicator is maintained because it allows comparison to the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicator.
A correction has been made to the reported service area values for the Reading Below Proficiency (CA) indicator.