New food insecurity rate data for 2013 are now available (replacing data for 2012). Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. Data is from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap program, which estimates food insecurity using 2009-13 data.

New data about chronic conditions among the Medicare population are available for 2014 (replacing data for 2012). Time series data are now available for years 2010 through 2014. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

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

A calculation error was identified and corrected. Affected indicators:

Health Behaviors

• Alcohol Expenditures
• Cigarette Expenditures
• Fruit/Vegetable Expenditures
• Soft Drink Expenditures

A calculation error was identified and corrected. The error affected service areas and regions such that the calculated figures were the reporting change in the wrong direction. For example, a change in population of 12,000 to 14,400 was appearing as a 20% population decrease rather than a 20% increase. Affected indicators:

Demographics

• Change in Total Population

New data about chronic conditions among the Medicare population are available for 2014 (replacing data for 2012). Time series data are now available for years 2010 through 2014. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

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

New SNAP indicator data and maps are now available for 2013 (replacing data for 2011). Time series data are now available for years 2005 through 2013.

A calculation error was identified and corrected. The error affected service areas and regions such that the reported figures were the crude average of the service area value and the value for the state of California as a whole. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

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

Note: the error did not affect the service area’s directionality (higher or lower) relative to the state or region.

New data about physical inactivity, diabetes, and obesity are available for 2013 (replacing data for 2012). Time series data are now available for years 2004 through 2013. Affected indicators:

Health Behaviors

• Physical Inactivity (Adult)

Health Outcomes

• Diabetes Prevalence
• Obesity (Adult)

New air quality indicator data and maps are now available for 2012 (replacing data for 2008). Time series data are now available for years 2009 through 2012. Affected indicators:

Physical Environment

• Air Quality – Ozone
• Air Quality – Particulate Matter 2.5

CHNA indicators have been reformatted to eliminate discrepancies between service area and county values due to rounding. Figures for all indicators generated from county-level data now round to 1 decimal place. Figures for all indicators generated from ZIP codes, census tracts, and points/addresses still round to 2 decimal places.