Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for the 2005-11 seven-year period has been released. Updates replace previous indicator data from the 2004-2010 seven-year period. Affected Indicators: Health Behaviors Heavy Alcohol Consumption Health Outcomes Poor General Health
New 7-year estimates for 2006-2012 acquired from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (replacing estimates for 2006-2011). Indicator data now available broken out by race/ethnicity; trends over time now available for time periods 2002-2008 through 2006-2012. Affected indicators: Social & … Continued
New 7-year estimates for 2006-2012 acquired from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (replacing 7-year estimates for 2003-2009). Indicator data now available broken out by race/ethnicity; trends over time now available for time periods 2002-2008 through 2006-2012. Affected indicators: Health … Continued
New maps and data now available for 7 indicators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Data are multi-year estimates from 2006-2012, replacing data for 2004-2010 and 2005-2011. Report tables now display … Continued
New data for the 2012-13 school year acquired (replacing data from the 2011-12 school year). Affected indicators: Health Behaviors Physical Activity (Youth) Health Outcomes Obesity (Youth) Overweight (Youth) Data available for California counties and service areas only.
When selecting multiple report areas, county-level data for race/ethnicity breakouts of the Infant Mortality indicator were incorrect. The error has been corrected. Race/ethnicity figures for states, the US, and aggregated county-level areas are correct and remain unchanged.
New data for 2012 acquired from the FBI Crime in the United States data system (replacing data for 2010). Single and multi-county summaries are now provided. Please use caution (and view data caveats) when interpreting county-level data. Affected indicators: Social … Continued
New data for 2007-2011 acquired from the CDC National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) and the Health Indicators Warehouse (replacing data for 2003-2009). Affected indicators: Social and Economic Factors Teen Births
New data for 2011 acquired from the 2013 Area Health Resources File (AHRF) (replacing data for 2010). Affected indicators: Clinical Care Access to Primary Care
Denominator corrected for Teen Births (Under Age 20) indicator. Denominator values are added to the report for informational purposes only – the benchmarked indicator values (birth rates) are unaffected by the change.