New maps and data now available for Food Insecurity Rate indicator from Feeding America.

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.

Correction made to United States value for High School Graduation Rate.

An error was identified in the query used to generate the figure for national high school graduation rates. For this dataset, the national figure is generated by summing the county-level components within the original dataset. Some of the underlying geographies with No Data were being added improperly to the national totals. The issue has been corrected. This error also affected the state level values for the following states:
Arizona: 109.2 to 84.8
Georgia: 89.0 to 81.5
Massachusetts: 103.9 to 86.1
Mississippi: 106.4 to 75.7
Montana: -0.40 to 87.3
Nevada: 106.7 to 73.1
New Jersey: 101.7 to 88.5
New York: 139.1 to 85.4
North Dakota: -243.8 to 84.8
South Carolina: 144.6 to 84.1
Tennessee: 109.7 to 90.6
Vermont: -7.0 to 86.7
Virginia: 185.2 to 85.8

New maps and data now available for 5 indicators from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Chronic Conditions Warehouse (CCW).

New data about chronic conditions among the Medicare population are available for 2015 (replacing data for 2014). Time series data are now available for years 2010 through 2015. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

  • Depression (Medicare Population)
  • Diabetes (Medicare Population)
  • Heart Disease (Medicare Population)
  • High Blood Pressure (Medicare Population)
  • High Cholesterol (Medicare Population)

New maps and data now available for 4 indicators from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Chronic Conditions Warehouse (CCW).

New data about chronic conditions among the Medicare population are available for 2015 (replacing data for 2014). Time series data are now available for years 2010 through 2015. Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

  • Diabetes (Medicare Population)
  • Heart Disease (Medicare Population)
  • High Blood Pressure (Medicare Population)
  • High Cholesterol (Medicare Population)