New maps and data now available for High School Graduation Rate indicator. New estimates for the 2015-2016 school year were acquired from the US Department of Education (ED).

New data on the number and percentage of residential and commercial vacancies has been added to the reporting platform.

American Community Survey data for the 2013-17 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2012-2016 five-year period.

New 5-year mortality rates for 2011-2015 are now available (replacing data for 2010-2014). Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Mortality – Cancer
• Mortality – Heart Disease
• Mortality – Homicide
• Mortality – Coronary Heart Disease
• Mortality – Lung Disease
• Mortality – Motor Vehicle Accident
• Mortality – Stroke
• Mortality – Suicide
• Mortality – Unintentional Injury

New 5-year mortality rates for 2013-2017 are now available (replacing data for 2012-2016). Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Mortality – Cancer
• Mortality – Heart Disease
• Mortality – Homicide
• Mortality – Coronary Heart Disease
• Mortality – Lung Disease
• Mortality – Motor Vehicle Accident
• Mortality – Stroke
• Mortality – Suicide
• Mortality – Unintentional Injury

New data about physical inactivity, diabetes, and obesity are available for 2015 (replacing data for 2013). Time series data are updated to include 2004 through 2015. Affected indicators:

Health Behaviors

• Physical Inactivity (Adult)

Health Outcomes

• Diabetes Prevalence
• Obesity (Adult)

Data for school year 2015-2016 released from NCES (replacing data for school year 2014-2015). Affected indicators:

Social & Economic Factors

• Free and Reduced Price Lunch Student Eligibility

New data on the number of percentage of food insecure population are available from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap 2017.

An issue was identified affecting state-level values for five mortality indicators using 2012-2016 National Vital Statistics System data. Report data tables were displaying estimates for the Hispanic population rather than the Total population. The issue has been corrected. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Mortality – Cancer
• Mortality – Heart Disease
• Mortality – Homicide
• Mortality – Coronary Heart Disease
• Mortality – Lung Disease
• Mortality – Motor Vehicle Accident
• Mortality – Stroke
• Mortality – Suicide
• Mortality – Unintentional Injury

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.