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Profile Updates Log


The following is a change log for updates made to the Chicago Health & Health Systems Project's Community Health and Hospital Profiles:

Date Profile Updates
11/2004
  • Maps and listings of Health Care Resources have been amended to reflect the addition of new sites and closing of others. The Health Care Resources section have been updated to reflect the inclusion of new data and facility changes (e.g., changes in facility name, type, or ownership).
  • The U.S. Census statistics have been expanded to include:
    • Age
    • Number and percent of persons Foreign-Born
    • Number and percent of persons for whom a Non-English Language is Spoken at Home
    • Number of persons (in addition to percentages) living Below Poverty Level and Twice Below Poverty
  • 2002 data are now included for the following indicators:
    • Live Births
    • Teen Births
    • No Prenatal Care
    • Low Birthweight
    • Infant Mortality
    • Leading Causes of Death
  • Community Composite Health Behavior Risk Scores, a measure that combines results from Chicago Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) data and Chicago Census 2000 data have been added for nine (9) variables. The methodology for the development of the risk scores has been added to the Technical Notes.
  • Percentages have been added to the Leading Cause of Death section.
  • Hospitalization data have been age-adjusted.
  • Newborns have been excluded from all causes of hospitalization.
7/2004
  • Maps and listings of Health Care Resources have been amended to reflect the addition of new sites and closing of others.
  • The U.S. Census race/ethnicity categories have been expanded.
  • Hospitalization data have been revised to include rates of hospitalization.
  • The Health Care Resources profiles have been updated to reflect the inclusion of new data and facility changes (e.g., changes in facility name, type, or ownership).

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