12 Mar 2021

Correction made to age-adjusted rates for mortality indicators sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.

Incorrect figures were found in the raw data table controlling several indicators. These figures were first identified on Monday, January 28th, 2013. The errors have been corrected. Affected Indicators:

Health Outcomes

  • Cancer Mortality
  • Heart Disease Mortality
  • Homicide
  • Stroke Mortality
  • Suicide
  • Accident Mortality
  • Lung Disease Mortality
12 Mar 2021

New maps and data now available for population demographic and socioeconomic characteristics from the US Census Bureau’s American Communuity Survey (ACS).

American Community Survey data for the 2007-11 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2006-2010 five-year period. Affected Indicators:

Demographics

  • Total Population
  • Male Population
  • Female Population
  • Population Under Age 18
  • Population Age 18-64
  • Population Age 65+
  • Median Age

Social & Economic Factors

  • Children in Poverty
  • Population in Poverty (100% FPL)
  • Population in Poverty (200% FPL)
  • Population with No High School Diploma
  • Population with Limited English Proficiency (Previously called Linguistically Isolated Population)
12 Mar 2021

Correction made to reported data for Lack of Prenatal Care indicator data. (CA Only)

Indicator data has been changed due to a discrepancy between the way in which ZIP code and county-level prenatal care data is reported from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
For this indicator, service area summaries are based on ZIP code-level birth statistics. ZIP code level data on prenatal care are acquired from the CDPH 2010 Birth Profiles by ZIP Code databases, which report the number of mothers receiving prenatal care by trimester. Late or no prenatal care was previously reported as “mothers receiving care after the first trimester, or not at all”. County and state level summaries were, however, based on the CDPH Birth Statistical Data Tables (County Data) and Birth Statistical Data Tables (Statewide Data) tables. These tables were used to better capture true county estimates, since ZIP codes do not necessarily correspond to county boundaries. These tables only report one category of prenatal care: “Late or No Prenatal Care”. According to the footnotes, this category only captures mothers beginning prenatal care in the third trimester, or not at all.
To align the ZIP-based service area summaries with the county and state level summaries, prenatal care data is now reported for all geographic levels as mothers beginning prenatal care in the third trimester, or not at all.