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New maps and data for addiction/substance abuse providers added to the reporting platform!
Data has been updated to the latest (Fenruary, 2020) version of the CMS NPPES database.
New maps and data for mental health care providers added to the reporting platform!
Data has been updated to the latest (Fenruary, 2020) version of the CMS NPPES database.
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 for mental health care 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 indicators from the CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP).
New data are available for 2016 (replacing data for 2015). Time series data are updated to include 2004 through 2016. Data by gender (male/female) are also available for this indicator. Obesity (Adult)
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, … Continued
New indicator added to the reporting platform!
New data on the availability of providers that specialize in mental health have been added to the reporting platform. Mental health providers include licensed clinical social workers and other credentialed professionals specializing in psychiatry, psychology, counseling, or child, adolescent, or … Continued
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 Student Reading Proficiency (CA) indicator.
New estimates for the 2015-2016 school year were acquired from the California Department of Education (replacing estimates from the 2013-14 school year). Note: Beginning with the 2014-15 school year, students were tested using the California Assessment of Student Performance and … Continued
New indicator added to the CHNA platform!
New data on 4th grade reading proficiency for the 2014-15 school year has been added to the public CHNA data platform. Find it under: Social & Economic Factors Student Reading Proficiency (4th Grade)
Correction made to data by race / ethnicity reported for Education – Reading Below Proficiency indicator.
A calculation error was identified and corrected. Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors Education – Reading Below Proficiency
Correction made to benchmarking direction for Physical Inactivity – Youth (US) indicator.
Desired direction for Percentage of Children Participating in No Physical Activity changed to low or below benchmark. Indicator correction affects service areas outside of California only.
County-level breakouts added to Reading Below Proficiency (US) indicator.
County-level estimates have been added to the Reading Below Proficiency indicator. Data are estimates from school district figures, obtained by proportionally weighting and then aggregating the data for each school district that intersects a county. School district weights are based … Continued
Changes made to one indicator in the Preliminary Health Needs Identification Tool.
Denominator corrected for Teen Births (Under Age 20) indicator. Denominator values are added to the report for informational purposes only – the benchmarked indicator values (birth rates) are unaffected by the change.
Correction made to indicator data for Reading Below Proficiency (CA) indicator.
A correction has been made to the reported service area values for the Reading Below Proficiency (CA) indicator.
New maps and data now available for 5 indicators from the National Survey of Children’s Health.
New state-level estimates were acquired from the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children’s Health (replacing estimates from 2007). State and national indicator data is available by race / ethnicity. Data is only available for service areas outside of California. Affected indicators: … Continued
New maps and data now available for Teen Births indicator from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).
New 7-year estimates for 2006-2012 acquired from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (replacing estimates for 2006-2011). Indicator data now available broken out by race/ethnicity; trends over time now available for time periods 2002-2008 through 2006-2012. Affected indicators: Social & … Continued
New maps and data now available for Low Birth Weight indicator from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).
New 7-year estimates for 2006-2012 acquired from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (replacing 7-year estimates for 2003-2009). Indicator data now available broken out by race/ethnicity; trends over time now available for time periods 2002-2008 through 2006-2012. Affected indicators: Health … Continued
New maps and data now available for 3 indicators from the California State Department of Education FITNESSGRAM® Physical Fitness Test.
New data for the 2012-13 school year acquired (replacing data from the 2011-12 school year). Affected indicators: Health Behaviors Physical Activity (Youth) Health Outcomes Obesity (Youth) Overweight (Youth) Data available for California counties and service areas only.
New maps and data now available for demographic indicators from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing 5-year estimates for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Demographics Total Population Median Age Population Age 0-4 Population Age 5-17 Population Age 18-24 Population Age 25-34 Population Age 35-44 Population Age … Continued
New maps and data now available for demographic indicators from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing 5-year estimates for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Demographics Total Population Median Age Population Age 0-4 Population Age 5-17 Population Age 18-24 Population Age 25-34 Population Age 35-44 Population Age … Continued
New maps and data now available for Population Change indicator from the US Decennial Census.
New analysis was implemented to produce tract-level estimates of population change between 2000 and 2010. Maps are now available at the 2010 census tract and county level. Indicator data is now available broken out by gender, race, and Hispanic origin.
Improvements made to calculations for High School Graduation Rate indicator.
Service area / multi-county area estimates are now available. Graduation rates are provided from County Health Rankings; freshman base enrollment (denominator) figures are generated from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data files; diplomas issued (numerator) … Continued
New maps and data now available for Broadband Internet Access indicator!
Data has been updated to the most recent period (December 2017). Trend-over-time data is now available with this indicator!
New maps and data now available for assisted housing indicators from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Data on subsidized housing units for 2016 has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from 2015. Affected indicators: Physical Environment Housing Environment – Assisted Housing
New maps and data now available for indicators based on the USDA Food Access Research Atlas.
Indicators displaying the percentage of population with low food access and population living in food deserts have been updated. The updated data were released in January 2017 and reflect conditions on the ground in 2015, replacing previous indicator data reflecting … Continued
New maps and data now available for indicators based on the USDA Food Access Research Atlas.
Indicators displaying the percentage of population with low food access and population living in food deserts have been updated. The updated data were released in January 2017 and reflect conditions on the ground in 2015, replacing previous indicator data reflecting … Continued
New maps and data now available for assisted housing indicators from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Data on subsidized housing units for 2015 has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from 2013. Affected indicators: Physical Environment Housing Environment – Assisted Housing
Correction to service area value for Population Change indicator.
A calculation error was identified and corrected. The error affected service areas and regions such that the calculated figures were the reporting change in the wrong direction. For example, a change in population of 12,000 to 14,400 was appearing as … Continued
Correction made to reported single-county ethnicity breakouts for Children in Poverty indicator.
County-level data for ethnicity alone breakouts of the Children in Poverty indicator were incorrect. The error has been corrected. Figures for multi-county report areas, states, and the total US are remain unchanged.
New maps and data now available for 5 indicators from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing 5-year estimates for 2007-2011). All indicators using data from the American Community Survey have now been updated to use the latest release. Affected indicators: Demographics Family Households with … Continued
New maps and data now available for 5 demographic indicators from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing 5-year estimates for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Demographics Male Population Female Population Hispanic Population Linguistically Isolated Population Population with Limited English Proficiency
New maps and data now available for Public Transportation indicator from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing 5-year estimates for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Physical Environment Use of Public Transportation for Commute to Work
New maps and data now available for Foreign Birth indicator from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing data for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Demographics Foreign-Born Population
New maps and data now available for Population with Any Disability indicator.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing data for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Population with Any Disability
Correction made to indicators listed in the Demographics Standard Report.
One missing indicator, Population Age 55-64 was added to the Demographics Standard Report. This indicator replaced one instance of Population Age 45-54, which was double-listed. This error affects reports created between June 19th and June 24th, 2013.
New maps and data now available for population health insurance and disability status from the US Census Bureau’s American Communuity Survey (ACS).
New data from the American Community Survey data for the 2009-11 three-year period has been processed and released! Affected Indicators: Social and Economic Factors Uninsured Population (Total) Population Receiving Medicaid Health Outcomes Population with Any Disability Data for population disability … Continued
Improvements made to calculations for Populations with Any Diability indicator.
Service area/multi-county area calculations updated to account for counties in which no data is reported. Reports generated earlier may include service area and multi-county area calculations that may incorrect. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Population with Any Disability
New maps and data now available for Geographic Mobility indicator from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing 5-year estimates for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Demographics Population Geographic Mobility
New maps and data now available for two socio-economic status indicators from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing data for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors Children in Poverty Population in Poverty (100% FPL)
New maps and data now available for Population with No High School Diploma indicator.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing data for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors Population with No High School Diploma
New maps and data now available for two educational attainment indicators from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing data for 2007-2011). Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors Population with Associate’s Level Degree or Higher Population with No High School Diploma
New maps and data now available for health insurance indicators from the American Community Survey.
New 5-year estimates for 2008-2012 acquired from the American Community Survey (replacing 3-year estimates for 2009-2011). Map data now available at the census tract geographic level. Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors Population Receiving Medicaid Uninsured Population
New maps and data now available for Adult Obesity, Physical Inactivity, and Diabetes Prevalence indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP).
Data for 2010 acquired from the NCCDPHP Diabetes Interactive Atlases (replacing data for 2009). Confidence intervals now available for data through the map interface. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Obesity (Adult) Diabetes Prevalence Health Behaviors Physical Inactivity
Correction made to mortality rates by gender / race / ethnicity sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.
Affected Indicators: Health Outcomes Cancer Mortality Heart Disease Mortality Homicide Stroke Mortality Suicide
Correction made to age-adjusted rates for cancer mortality sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.
Age-adjusted mortality rates for malignant neoplasm (cancer) have been corrected. The previous version of this indicator reported age-adjusted mortality rates as the mean of the 95% confidence interval values reported for each county. This error affected the age-adjusted mortality rates … Continued
New maps and data now available for two indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
New Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for the 2005-11 seven-year period has been released. Affected Indicators: Social & Economic Factors Lack of Social or Emotional Support Clinical Care Pneumonia Vaccination
Correction made to service area age-adjusted rates for the Asian population for all mortality indicators sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.
An error in the queries controlling age-adjusted rates for the Asian population was identified in the database on February 13th, 2013. The errors have been corrected; rates for the total population and for other racial / ethnic groups are unchanged … Continued
Correction made to service area age-adjusted rates for the Asian population for all mortality indicators sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.
An error in the queries controlling age-adjusted rates for the Asian population was identified in the database on February 13th, 2013. The errors have been corrected; rates for the total population and for other racial / ethnic groups are unchanged … Continued
Correction made to age-adjusted rates for mortality indicators sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.
Incorrect figures were found in the raw data table controlling several indicators. These figures were first identified on Monday, January 28th, 2013. The errors have been corrected. Affected Indicators: Health Outcomes Cancer Mortality Heart Disease Mortality Homicide Stroke Mortality Suicide … Continued
Correction made to age-adjusted rates for mortality indicators sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.
Incorrect figures were found in the raw data table controlling several indicators. These figures were first identified on Monday, January 28th, 2013. The errors have been corrected. Affected Indicators: Health Outcomes Cancer Mortality Heart Disease Mortality Homicide Stroke Mortality Suicide
New data! Data updated for mortality indicators sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.
Data for report years 2006-2010 acquired from the CDC WONDER query system (replacing data for survey year 2005-2009). Affected Indicators: Health Outcomes Cancer Mortality Heart Disease Mortality Homicide Stroke Mortality Suicide
New data! New mortality indicators added for lung disease and unintentional injury (accident) deaths. Both consistently rank in the top 5 causes of death by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data sourced from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) database.
Data for report years 2006-2010 acquired from the CDC WONDER query system. New Indicators: Health Outcomes Accident Mortality Lung Disease Mortality Homicide Stroke Mortality Suicide
Improvements made to calculations for all mortality indicators sourced from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) Database.
State-level mortality rates now queried directly from the CDC WONDER database (instead of summarized from county-level data) to provide more accurate estimates. The previous method was affected by data suppression in some states, resulting in inaccurate figures. Affected indicators: Cancer … Continued
Improvements made to service area calculations for all mortality indicators sourced from the California Department of Public Health Death (CDPH) Death Statistical Master File.
Service area mortality rates now tabulated from ZCTA-level data (instead of county-level data) to provide more accurate small-area estimates. Service area race/ethnicity mortality rates removed. Affected indicators: Cancer Mortality (CA Only); Heart Disease Mortality (CA Only); Stroke Mortality (CA Only); … Continued
New data! Updated data for seven morbidity/mortality indicators from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Death Statistical Master File (2008-2010).
Changed data source (from CDPH Death Profiles by ZIP Code) to the CDPH Death Statistical Master File (2008-2010). Data now reported using age-adjusted rates for comparison with HP2020 objectives. Race and ethnicity summaries added by county for areas with 10 … Continued
Improvements made to Social & Economic Factors – Adequate Social/Emotional Support indicator data.
Indicator description and report field text corrected. Previous text incorrectly represented the data as estimates for inadequate social/emotional support.
New maps and data now available for 7 mortality indicators from the CDC WONDER Underlying Cause of Death Database. Update pertains to Non-California service areas only.
New 5-year mortality rates for 2009-2013 are now available (replacing data for 2007-2011). Breakouts available by gender and by combined race/ethnicity. Single-year mortality rates for 2002 through 2013 have been added to display trends over time for states and the … Continued
Detailed language breakouts added for the Population with Limited English Proficiency indicator.
Detailed tables have been added to the Population with Limited English Proficiency indicator. Five breakout tables are now available which display the proportion of the LEP population speaking each of 38 different languages at home.
New maps and data now available for 3 indicators from the CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP).
New data about physical inactivity, diabetes, and obesity are available for 2011 (replacing data for 2010). Time series data are now available for years 2004 through 2011. Affected indicators: Health Behaviors Physical Inactivity Health Outcomes Diabetes (Adult) Obesity
New maps and data now available for 3 indicators from the CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP).
New data about physical inactivity, diabetes, and obesity are available for 2011 (replacing data for 2010). Time series data are now available for years 2004 through 2011. Affected indicators: Health Behaviors Physical Inactivity (Adult) Health Outcomes Diabetes Prevalence Obesity (Adult)
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 2007-2011 are now available (replacing data for 2006-2010). Breakouts available by gender and by combined race/ethnicity. Single-year mortality rates for 2002 through 2011 have been added to display trends over time for states and the … Continued
New maps and data now available for 6 mortality indicators from the CDC WONDER Underlying Cause of Death Database.
New 5-year mortality rates for 2007-2011 are now available (replacing data for 2006-2010). Breakouts available by gender and by combined race/ethnicity. Single-year mortality rates for 2002 through 2011 have been added to display trends over time for states and the … Continued
New indicator added to the CHNA platform!
One new indicator has been added to the CHNA platform from the 2011-2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Indicator reports the proportion of the adult population (age 18+) who self-report that they have been diagnosed with high cholesterol. New Indicators: … Continued