Maps and data for heart disease mortality (all) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) has been added to the CHNA platform. Heart disease mortality is defined by the following ICD-10 codes: I00–I09, … Continued
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
Maps and data for chronic disease among Medicare beneficiaries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have been added to the CHNA platform. Indicators report the prevalence of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol in … Continued
New estimates for the 2011-2012 school year were acquired from the US Department of Education (ED) EdFacts program (replacing estimates from the 2010-11 school year). Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors High School Graduation Rate
New maps and data now available for 4 indicators from the 2012 US Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns (replacing data for 2011). Annual data depicting trends over time is now available for counties, states, and the US for 2008 through … Continued
HP2020 values were removed from the Breast Cancer Incidence indicator table. HP2020 objective reports a benchmark of 42.1 for late-stage breast cancer. The CHNA platform indicator reports incidence rates of all breast cancer, and thus should not be compared to … Continued
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.
A correction has been made to the reported service area values for the Reading Below Proficiency (CA) indicator.
New 5-year estimates for 2006-2010 acquired from the HRSA Area Health Resources File (AHRF) (replacing estimates from the CDC for 2003-2009). Indicator data now available for all counties with over 10 births during the report period. Data available broken out … Continued
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.