Data has been updated to the latest (Fenruary, 2020) version of the CMS NPPES database.
Gonorrhea Incidence, 2018 report indicator update
New maps and data now available for the Gonorrhea Incidence indicator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance System (STDSS). Data have been updated through report year 2018.
New maps and data now available for the Access to Mental Health Providers indicator from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Provider Identification (NPI) file and the University of Wisconsin’s County Health Rankings (CHR).
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2019). Data are obtained from the the 2020 County Health Rankings, released on March 23, 2020. Affected Indicators:
- Access to Mental Health Providers
Correction made to state and national estimates for Access to Primary Care indicator.
An error was identified following the 2/17/20 update of the Primary Care Physicians indicator. Following the update, a change in the underlying data resulted in population totals being doubled and rates halved for state and national-level calculations. Values for individual counties and custom report areas were unaffected. This error has been corrected.
HIV Prevalence, 2018 report indicator update
New maps and data now available for the HIV Prevalence indicator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance System (STDSS). Data have been updated through report year 2018.
New maps and data now available for the Premature Death indicator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the University of Wisconsin’s County Health Rankings (CHR).
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2016-2018). Data are obtained from the the 2020 County Health Rankings, released on March 23, 2020. Affected Indicators:
- Access to Premature Death
New maps and data now available for Access to Primary Care indicator.
New data for 2017 acquired from the 2018-19 Area Health Resources File (AHRF) (replacing data for 2016). Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
- Access to Primary Care
High School Graduation Rate, 2017-18 report indicator update
New maps and data now available for High School Graduation Rate indicator. New estimates for the 2017-2018 school year were acquired from the US Department of Education (ED), replacing estimates from the previous school year. Trend-over-time and race/ethnicity breakouts are now available for this indicator!
New maps and data now available for the Teen Births indicator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the University of Wisconsin’s County Health Rankings (CHR).
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2012-2018). Data are obtained from the the 2020 County Health Rankings, released on March 23, 2020. Affected Indicators:
- Teen Births
New maps and data for tree canopy coverage coverage provided by the National Land Cover Database (NLCD)
NLCD tree canopy cover is a 30 m raster geospatial dataset that is available for the conterminous United States, coastal Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. These data contain percent tree canopy estimates, as a continuous variable, for each pixel across all land covers and types and are generated by the United States Forest Service (USFS).