An error was identified in the query used to generate the figure for national high school graduation rates. For this dataset, the national figure is generated by summing the county-level components within the original dataset. Some of the underlying geographies with No Data were being added improperly to the national totals. The issue has been corrected. This error also affected the state level values for the following states:
Arizona: 109.2 to 84.8
Georgia: 89.0 to 81.5
Massachusetts: 103.9 to 86.1
Mississippi: 106.4 to 75.7
Montana: -0.40 to 87.3
Nevada: 106.7 to 73.1
New Jersey: 101.7 to 88.5
New York: 139.1 to 85.4
North Dakota: -243.8 to 84.8
South Carolina: 144.6 to 84.1
Tennessee: 109.7 to 90.6
Vermont: -7.0 to 86.7
Virginia: 185.2 to 85.8

Indicators displaying the percentage of population with low food access and population living in food deserts have been updated. The updated data were released in January 2017 and reflect conditions on the ground in 2015, replacing previous indicator data reflecting conditions 2010.

New 5-year average cancer incidence rates for 2009-2013 are now available (replacing data for 2008-2012). 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

New data about chronic conditions among the Medicare population are available for 2015 (replacing data for 2014). Time series data are now available for years 2010 through 2015. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Depression (Medicare Population)
• Diabetes (Medicare Population)
• Heart Disease (Medicare Population)
• High Blood Pressure (Medicare Population)
• High Cholesterol (Medicare Population)

American Community Survey data for the 2011-15 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2010-2014 five-year period.

A calculation error causing the numerator and denominator values for US to be doubled was identified and corrected. Affected indicators:

Health Behaviors

• Physical Inactivity

Health Outcomes

• Diabetes (Adult)
• Obesity

New data about chronic conditions among the Medicare population are available for 2015 (replacing data for 2014). Time series data are now available for years 2010 through 2015. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Diabetes (Medicare Population)
• Heart Disease (Medicare Population)
• High Blood Pressure (Medicare Population)
• High Cholesterol (Medicare Population)

American Community Survey data for the 2011-15 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2010-2014 five-year period. Data from previous years is accessible via saved “static” reports, or by searching the Community Commons Map Room.

Data on subsidized housing units for 2016 has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from 2015. Affected indicators:

Physical Environment

• Housing Environment – Assisted Housing

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