New data about physical inactivity, diabetes, and obesity are available for 2011 (replacing data for 2010). Time series data are now available for years 2004 through 2011. Affected indicators:
Health Behaviors
Health Outcomes
A new indicator for high school graduation rate from the US Department of Education (ED) has been added to the CHNA platform. This indicator is a supplement to the existing high school graduation rate indicator from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The new ED indicator reports the cohort-adjusted high school graduation rate. This measure divides the number of diplomas issued in the 2010-11 school year by the total adjusted student cohort, which is made up of students who entered 9th grade for the the first time in 2008, which is “adjusted” by adding any students who subsequently transfer into the cohort and subtracting any students who subsequently transfer out, emigrate to another country, or die. This measure is a more accurate measure of cohort size than the data from NCES, which reports the average freshman graduation rate. This measure divides the total number of diplomas issued in the 2008-09 school year by the average freshman base, which is calculated by averaging the class size of first-time 9th grade students in each of the preceding 4 years. Though the new indicator is both more current and more accurate, the NCES indicator is maintained because it allows comparison to the Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicator.
New indicator data and maps are now available from the 2016 County Health Rankings (CHR) (replacing data from the 2014 CHR). Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
Health Outcomes
A calculation error was identified and corrected. Affected indicators:
Social & Economic Factors
New data from the Census Bureau’s SAIPE program has been processed and released. New estimates are based on 2013 SNAP program data, replacing previous estimates which used 2011 program data. Affected Indicators:
Social & Economic Factors
New food insecurity rate data for 2013 are now available (replacing data for 2012). Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. Data is from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap program, which estimates food insecurity using 2009-13 data.
New data from the Census Bureau’s SAIPE program has been processed and released. New estimates are based on 2014 program data, replacing previous estimates which 2012 program data. Affected Indicators:
Social & Economic Factors
A calculation error was identified and corrected. The error affected service areas and regions such that the calculated figures were the reporting change in the wrong direction. For example, a change in population of 12,000 to 14,400 was appearing as a 20% population decrease rather than a 20% increase. Affected indicators:
Demographics
New HPSA indicator data and maps are now available for April 2016 (replacing data for April 2015). Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
A calculation error was identified and corrected. The error affected service areas and regions such that the reported figures were the crude average of the service area value and the value for the state of California as a whole. Affected indicators:
Health Outcomes
Note: the error did not affect the service area’s directionality (higher or lower) relative to the state or region.