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 Access to Dentists indicator.
New data for 2015 acquired from the 2015-16 Area Health Resources File (AHRF) (replacing data for 2013). Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
- Access to Dentists
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 one indicator from the US Department of Education and EdFacts.
New data on high school graduation for the 2014-15 school year are available from the US Department of Education. Affected indicators:
Social & Economic Factors
- High School Graduation Rate (EdFacts)
New maps and data now available for food insecurity indicators from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap 2017.
New data on the number of percentage of food insecure population are available from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap 2017.
New maps and data now available for cancer incidence indicators from the CDC / NCI State Cancer Profiles databases.
New 5-year average cancer incidence rates for 2011-2015 are now available. Affected indicators:
Health Outcomes
- Cancer Incidence – All Sites
- Cancer Incidence – Breast
- Cancer Incidence – Colon and Rectum
- Cancer Incidence – Lung
- Cancer Incidence – Prostate
New maps and data now available for Student Reading Proficiency indicator.
New estimates for the 2016-2017 school year were acquired from the U.S. Department of Education EDFacts program (replacing estimates from the 2014-15 school year).
New maps and data now available for 4 indicators from the US Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns program.
New maps and data now available for 4 indicators from the 2016 US Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns (replacing data for 2015). Annual data depicting trends over time is now available for counties, states, and the US for 2010 through 2016. Affected indicators:
Physical Environment
- Fast Food Restaurant Access
- Grocery Store Access
- Liquor Store Access
- Recreation and Fitness Facility Access
New indicator added to the reporting platform!
New data on chronic absenteeism students who were absent 15 or more school days during the school year) has been added to the data platform!
New maps and data now available for 9 mortality indicators from the CDC WONDER Underlying Cause of Death Database.
New 5-year mortality rates for 2012-2016 are now available (replacing data for 2011-2015). 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