An error was identified in the query used to generate values for summarized areas. As a result, low birth weight was incorrect for multi-county areas, states, and the United States total. The issue has been corrected. Values for single-county areas are unchanged.
New maps and data now available for cancer incidence indicators from the CDC / NCI State Cancer Profiles databases.
New 5-year average cancer incidence rates for 2014-2018 are now available. Affected indicators:
Health Outcomes
- Cancer Incidence – All Sites
- Cancer Incidence – Breast PREMIUM
Cancer Incidence – Cervix PREMIUM
New maps and data for primary care providers added to the reporting platform!
New data on the availability of providers that specializing in primary care have been added to the reporting platform. Primary health providers include practicing physicians specializing in general practice medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Reporting elements include the total number and rate of providers in the reporting area.
Tobacco Product Compliance Check Violations
New maps and data now are available for the Tobacco Product Compliance Check Violations PREMIUM indicator. Data have been updated to reflect year 2018-2020, replacing data for 2017-2019.
Stroke Hospitalizations
New maps and data now are available for the Stroke Hospitalizations indicator. Data have been updated for the 2016-2018 reporting period, replacing data for 2015-2017. Trends over time now available for three-year periods beginning with 2011-2013.
Heart Disease Hospitalizations
New maps and data now are available for the Coronary Heart Disease Hospitalizations indicator. Data have been updated for the 2016-2018 reporting period, replacing data for 2015-2017. Trends over time now available for three-year periods beginning with 2011-2013.
Blood Pressure Medication Nonadherence
New maps and data now are available for the Blood Pressure Medication Nonadherence indicator. Data have been updated for the 2018 reporting period, replacing data for 2017. Population subgroup data by race and ethnicity are now available.
Hospitals with Cardiac Rehabilitation Units
New maps and data now are available for the Hospitals with Cardiac Rehabilitation Units indicator. Data have been updated to reflect hospitals in 2019, replacing data for 2018.
New maps and data for Park Access indicator.
New maps and dat for the Park Access indicator are not available! This updated dataset reports the number and percentage of people within a buffer of ½ mile radius of a park at the census tract level. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN). Park boundaries used in the CDC analysis are from Esri StreetMap Premium/HERE, 2016, and the 2015 PAD-US.
New maps and data now available for Food Access indicators based on the USDA Food Access Research Atlas.
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 April, 2021 and reflect conditions on the ground in the year 2019. This update replaces previous indicator data reflecting conditions 2015.