Data have been updated to the most recent 3-year period (2015-2017). Trend-over-time data is now available with this indicator!
Affected Indicators:
Health Outcomes
- Premature Death
New maps and data now available for population demographic and socioeconomic characteristics from the US Census Bureau’s American Communuity Survey (ACS).
American Community Survey data for the 2012-16 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2011-2015 five-year period. Data from previous years is accessible via saved “static” reports, or by searching the Community Commons Map Room.
New indicator added to the reporting platform!
New data on the availability of providers that specialize in addiction or substance abuse treatment have been added to the reporting platform. Addiction or substance abuse providers include MDs, DOs, and other credentialed professionals specializing in substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation, addiction medicine, or providing methadone. Reporting elements include the total number and rate of providers in the reporting area, as well as a list of individual providers and their contact information.
New maps and data now available for the Access to Mental Health Providers indicator from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Provider Identification (NPI) file and the University of Wisconsin’s County Health Rankings (CHR).
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2019). Data are obtained from the the 2020 County Health Rankings, released on March 23, 2020. Affected Indicators:
- Access to Mental Health Providers
New maps and data now available for indicators from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD).
New data on violent crimes are available for the 2015-17 three-year period (replacing data for 2012-14). Violent crime includes murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault while property crimes include burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Crime totals and rates are multi-year estimates for the three year period 2015-2017. County-level UCR files are based on agency records in a file obtained from the FBI that also provides aggregated county totals. NACJD inputs missing data and then aggregates the data to the county-level. Multi-year estimates are calculated by CARES.
New maps and data now available for the Premature Death indicator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the University of Wisconsin’s County Health Rankings (CHR).
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2016-2018). Data are obtained from the the 2020 County Health Rankings, released on March 23, 2020. Affected Indicators:
- Access to Premature Death
New maps and data for addiction/substance abuse providers added to the reporting platform!
Data has been updated to the latest (August, 2019) version of the CMS NPPES database.
New maps and data now available for the Teen Births indicator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and the University of Wisconsin’s County Health Rankings (CHR).
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2012-2018). Data are obtained from the the 2020 County Health Rankings, released on March 23, 2020. Affected Indicators:
- Teen Births
Emegency Room Utilization Rate, 2017
A new indicator has been added to the reporting platform! This indicator reports emergency department utilization rates among Medicare beneficiaries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Geographic Variation Public Use File. Data are reported for the latest report period (2017) with trends over time available beginning with year 2010.
New maps and data now available for the Adult Smoking indicator from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and the University of Wisconsin’s County Health Rankings (CHR).
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2017). Data are obtained from the the 2020 County Health Rankings, released on March 23, 2020. Affected Indicators:
- Adult Smoking