Improvements made to race/ethnicity reporting for all American Community Survey (ACS) data.

Separated ethnicity (Hispanic or Latino) origin from race tabulations. Tabulations added for non-Hispanic population. Affected indicators: Total Male Population; Total Female Population; Total Population Age 0-4; Total Population Age 5-17; Total Population Age 18-24; Total Population Age 24-34; Total Population Age 35-44; Total Population Age 45-54; Total Population Age 55-64; Total Population Age 65 or…

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 Mortality Heart Disease Mortality Stroke Mortality Suicide Homicide

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

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 and. Affected Indicators: Health Outcomes Cancer Mortality Heart Disease Mortality Homicide Stroke Mortality Suicide Lung…

New data for Federally Qualified Health Centers indicator from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Providers of Service 2012 Quarter 4 (POS) dataset.

New indicator information includes total population (Census 2010) and FQHC rate per 100,000 population. Affected indicators: Clinical Care Federally Qualified Health Centers