Report Indicator

Data for report years 2006-2010 acquired from the CDC WONDER query system. New Indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Accident Mortality
• Lung Disease Mortality
• Homicide
• Stroke Mortality
• Suicide

New data from the CDC NCHHSTP for STD incidence in 2010 has been processed and released (replacing previous data for 2009). Affected Indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Chlamydia Incidence
• Gonnorrhea Incidence

Service area/multi-county area calculations updated to account for counties in which no data is reported. Reports generated earlier may include service area and multi-county area calculations that may incorrect. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Population with Any Disability

New data and maps from the USDA Economic Research Service measuring low food access have been processed and released. New estimates are based on 2010 population figures and grocery directories, replacing previous estimates which used inputs from 2006. Affected Indicators:

Physical Environment

• Population with Low Food Access (Previously called Food Desert Population)
• Low Income Population with Low Food Access

Data for survey year 2005-2009 acquired from the NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles website (replacing data for survey year 2004-2008). Estimates now available disaggregated by race or ethnicity. Affected indicators:

• Prostate Cancer Incidence

New data acquired from the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas interface. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Chlamydia Incidence
• Gonorrhea Incidence
• HIV Prevalence

Data breakouts by race / ethnicity now available at the state level for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea indicators. Data breakouts by race / ethnicity now available at the state and county level for HIV Prevalence.

Age-adjusted mortality rates for malignant neoplasm (cancer) have been corrected. The previous version of this indicator reported age-adjusted mortality rates as the mean of the 95% confidence interval values reported for each county. This error affected the age-adjusted mortality rates for the total population for all counties with less than 100 total deaths, approximately 480 counties. Other population groups (by gender / race-ethnicity) and other causes of death were not affected. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Cancer Mortality

New data acquired from the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas interface. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Chlamydia Incidence
• HIV Prevalence

Data breakouts by race / ethnicity now available at the state level for Chlamydia Incidence. Data breakouts by race / ethnicity now available at the state and county level for HIV Prevalence.

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)

Data for 2011 acquired from the US Census Bureau’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) data tables (replacing data for 2010). Affected indicators:

Social and Economic Factors

• Uninsured Population (Adult)
• Uninsured Population (Youth)

Data breakouts by race / ethnicity now available at the state level for Uninsured Population (Adult).