Data for survey year 2005-2009 acquired from the NCI and CDC State Cancer Profiles website (replacing data for survey year 2004-2008). Estimates now available disaggregated by race or ethnicity. Affected indicators: Prostate Cancer Incidence
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 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 data acquired from the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) Atlas interface. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Chlamydia Incidence HIV Prevalence Data breakouts by race / ethnicity now available at the state level for Chlamydia Incidence. Data breakouts by race / ethnicity now available at the state and county…
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
New data from the Census Bureau’s SAHIE program has been processed and released. New estimates compliment state and PUMA-level health insurance coverage estimates from the ACS (Indicator: Uninsured Population (Total). The county-level SAHIE data covers the entire US, but lacks detailed race and ethnicity estimates available through the ACS. Sampling and processing design differ between…