New maps and data now available for High School Graduation Rate indicator. New estimates for the 2015-2016 school year were acquired from the US Department of Education (ED).
New 5-year mortality rates for 2011-2015 are now available (replacing data for 2010-2014). Affected indicators: Health Outcomes Mortality – Cancer Mortality – Heart Disease Mortality – Homicide Mortality – Coronary Heart Disease Mortality – Lung Disease Mortality – Motor Vehicle Accident Mortality – Stroke Mortality – Suicide Mortality – Unintentional Injury
An error was identified in the query used to generate prevalence estimates for select chronic conditions among Medicare patients. This issue affected only those multi-county report areas which included one or more counties with “no data”. These counties area: Aleutians West Borough, AK; Denali Borough, AK; King County, TX; Loving County, TX; Greensville County, VA;…
An error was identified in which the numerator (number of primary care physicians) and denominator (total population) values for custom geographic areas were reported as a multi-year aggregate rather than for a single year. Numerator and denominator values have been updated to represent the counts for year 2014 only. Rates expressed per 100,000 population were…
New estimates for the 2017-2018 school year were acquired from the U.S. Department of Education EDFacts program (replacing estimates from the 2015-16 school year).
Data have been updated to the most recent time period (2019). Data are obtained from the the 2020 County Health Rankings, released on March 23, 2020. Affected Indicators: Access to Mental Health Providers