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Using the most current U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics release, unemployment rate data and maps have been updated to July 2020.

A new indicator has been added to the reporting platform! This indicator reports the annual wellness exam utilization rates among Medicare beneficiaries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Mapping Medicare Disparities tool. Data are reported for the latest report period (2017) with trends over time available beginning with year 2012. Data breakouts by race and ethnicity are also available.

New 5-year mortality rates for 2014-2018 are now available (replacing data for 2013-2017). Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Mortality – Cancer
• Mortality – Heart Disease
• Mortality – Homicide
• Mortality – Coronary Heart Disease
• Mortality – Drug Overdose
• Mortality – Lung Disease
• Mortality – Motor Vehicle Crash
• Mortality – Opioid Overdose
• Mortality – Stroke
• Mortality – Suicide
• Mortality – Unintentional Injury

New maps and data now available for the 30-day Hospital Readmissions indicator from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Geographic Variation Public Use File. Data have been updated through report year 2017. Trends over time now available beginning with year 2010.

New 5-year mortality rates for 2014-2018 are now available for the “deaths of despair” indicator (replacing data for 2012-2016). This indicator reports the rate of deaths for suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholic liver diseases.

Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2015-2019). Data are obtained through analysis of address-level National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data files.

Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2015-2019). Data are obtained through analysis of address-level National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data files.

New maps and data now available for the 30-day Hospital Readmissions indicator from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Geographic Variation Public Use File. Data have been updated through report year 2018. Trends over time now available beginning with year 2010.