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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

• Population in Poverty (100% FPL)

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

• Change in Total Population

New HPSA indicator data and maps are now available for April 2016 (replacing data for April 2015). Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Facilities Designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas
• Population Living in a Health Professional Shortage Area

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

• Cancer Incidence – Breast
• Cancer Incidence – Cervical
• Cancer Incidence – Colon and Rectum
• Cancer Incidence – Lung
• Cancer Incidence – Prostate

Note: the error did not affect the service area’s directionality (higher or lower) relative to the state or region.

New HPSA indicator data and maps are now available for April 2016 (replacing data for April 2015). Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Health Professional Shortage Area – Dental
• Health Professional Shortage Area – Primary Care

CHNA indicators have been reformatted to eliminate discrepancies between service area and county values due to rounding. Figures for all indicators generated from county-level data now round to 1 decimal place. Figures for all indicators generated from ZIP codes, census tracts, and points/addresses still round to 2 decimal places.

Errors in state-level population figures in the underlying data were identified, which affected values for state-level incidence rates. The error has been corrected. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• STI – Gonorrhea Incidence

New 5-year mortality rates for 2009-2013 are now available (replacing data for 2007-2011). Breakouts available by gender and by combined race/ethnicity. Single-year mortality rates for 2002 through 2013 have been added to display trends over time for states and the total US only. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Mortality – Cancer
• Mortality – Heart Disease
• Mortality – Homicide
• Mortality – Coronary Heart Disease
• Mortality – Lung Disease
• Mortality – Motor Vehicle Accident
• Mortality – Stroke
• Mortality – Suicide
• Mortality – Unintentional Injury

Indicator name and description have been updated to reflect changes in the 2014 American Community Survey documentation. Specifically, the terminology has changed from “Linguistically Isolated households” to “Limited English speaking households”. The characteristics used to identify these households are unchanged.