New data for 2015 acquired from the 2015-16 Area Health Resources File (AHRF) (replacing data for 2013). Affected indicators: Clinical Care Access to Dentists
New HPSA indicator data and maps are now available for April 2016 (replacing data for April 2015). Affected indicators: Clinical Care Facilities Designated as Health Professional Shortage Areas Population Living in a Health Professional Shortage Area
New data on high school graduation for the 2014-15 school year are available from the US Department of Education. Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors High School Graduation Rate (EdFacts)
New HPSA indicator data and maps are now available for April 2016 (replacing data for April 2015). Affected indicators: Clinical Care Health Professional Shortage Area – Dental Health Professional Shortage Area – Primary Care
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)
Errors in state-level population figures in the underlying data were identified, which affected values for state-level incidence rates. The error has been corrected. Affected indicators: Health Outcomes STI – Gonorrhea Incidence
A data inconsistency error was identified and corrected. The error was present only in the “Preliminary Health Needs Identification Tool” for the race/ethnicity disparity EXCEL data export. Specifically, the data in the “Native American/Alaskan Native Alone” and “Asian Alone” columns … Continued
Indicator name and description have been updated to reflect changes in the 2014 American Community Survey documentation. Specifically, the terminology has changed from “Linguistically Isolated households” to “Limited English speaking households”. The characteristics used to identify these households are unchanged.
New data on the number of percentage of food insecure population are available from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap 2016. Affected indicators: Social & Economic Factors Food Insecurity Rate
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).