Improvements made to Walkability indicator.
Walkability indicator data now benchmarks using “Percentage of Population in Car Dependent cities” as a benchmark. Note: Data is available for select cities only.
Correction made to benchmarking direction for 2 indicators.
Desired direction for Percent Adults Never Screened for HIV / AIDS changed to low or below benchmark. Desired direction for Percentage of Housing Units with No Air Conditioning changed to low or below benchmark.
New maps and data now available for 7 indicators from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
New multi-year estimates are now available from the 2011 and 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (replacing estimates from 2006-2010). Due to new sampling procedures, prevalence estimates from 2011 and onward are not comparable to data from previous survey years. … Continued
Correction made to indicator description for “Dental Care – No Recent Exam (Youth)”. Update pertains to California service areas only.
Updated description states that the indicator measures utilization among children aged 2-11. The previous description incorrectly stated that the indicator measured children age 2-13.
Correction made to data by race / ethnicity reported for Absence of Dental Insurance Coverage indicator.
A calculation error was identified and corrected. Affected indicators: Clinical Care Absence of Dental Insurance Coverage
Improvements made to race / ethnicity / gender breakouts for indicators using data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). Update pertains to California service areas only.
CHIS race /ethnicity / gender data queries have been reformatted to eliminate discrepancies between service area and county values. Affected indicators: Clinical Care Lack of a Consistent Source of Primary Care Health Behaviors Low Fruit/Vegetable Consumption (Youth) Walking/Biking/Skating to School … Continued
Correction made to benchmarking direction for Physical Inactivity – Youth (US) indicator.
Desired direction for Percentage of Children Participating in No Physical Activity changed to low or below benchmark. Indicator correction affects service areas outside of California only.
New maps and data now available for one indicator from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD).
New data on violent crimes are available for the 2012-14 three-year period (replacing data for 2010-12). Affected Indicators: Social & Economic Factors Violence – All Violent Crimes
New maps and data now available for four indicators from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD).
New data on violent crimes are available for the 2012-14 three-year period (replacing data for 2010-12). Affected Indicators: Social & Economic Factors Violence – All Violent Crimes Violence – Assault (Crime) Violence – Rape (Crime) Violence – Robbery (Crime) New … Continued
New maps and data now available for Violence – Assault (Injury) (CA) Violence – Domestic Violence (CA) and Violence – Youth Intentional Injury (CA) indicators.
New data for emergency department injuries for 2013 and 2014 are now available. Data are pooled estimated acquired fro the California Department of Public Health EpiCenter Injury Surveillance System. Additionally, data breakouts by patient race / ethnicity have been added … Continued