New data about clinical care among Medicare beneficiaries are available for 2015 (replacing data for 2014). Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
- Breast Cancer Screening (Mammogram)
- Diabetes Management (Hemoglobin A1c Test)
- Preventable Hospital Events
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
New maps and data now available for Drought Severity indicator.
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2017-2019). Single-year trends are now available for years 2012-2019.
Correction made to state and national estimates for Access to Primary Care indicator.
An error was identified following the 2/17/20 update of the Primary Care Physicians indicator. Following the update, a change in the underlying data resulted in population totals being doubled and rates halved for state and national-level calculations. Values for individual counties and custom report areas were unaffected. This error has been corrected.
New maps and data now available for Student Reading Proficiency indicator.
New estimates for the 2017-2018 school year were acquired from the U.S. Department of Education EDFacts program (replacing estimates from the 2015-16 school year).