November 12, 2004

Data Updates

For County-level report, Indicator 3.14 Congenital Anomalies:

• Added 2002 data;
• Updated 1993 - 2001 data.

For indicator 3.08 Infants Positive for Cocaine: Updated the indicator descriptions.

Added 2002 County & Community Summary Reports.

August 25, 2004

Data Updates

For Community-level report, Indicators 3.11 Teen Birth Rate and 3.12 Percent Births to Teens, year 2002: we have corrected a data error in which we inadvertently included data from other age groups, causing the numbers and rates to be much higher than what they should be. Thanks to Steven Seweryn of Cook County Health Department for notifying us of this error.

If you have used reports for these indicators, please run them again. We regret for any inconvenience these may have caused.

July 8, 2004

Data Updates

Indicator 3.12 Percent Births to Teens, year 2002: we have corrected a data error in which we inadvertently included data from other age groups, causing the numbers and rates to be much higher than what they should be. Thanks to Maureen Sollars of McLean County Health Department for notifying us of this error;

Indicator 1.11 Medicaid Enrollees: on May 21, we updated data for years 1999, 2000, and 2001. The problem with the previous data was that we inadvertently included the data for "Hispanic" into the "Other" category, causing the numbers for "All Age Groups", "Under 21 Years", and "Other" to be incorrect. Thanks to Angie Bailey of Jackson County Health Department for notifying us of this problem.

System Updates

In the past few months, some users have experienced difficulties accessing the data system. This was caused by a programming glitch that had made the system unavailable from time to time. We have identified and fixed the problems related to this and the system is more dependable and efficient now.

If you have used any reports for the above-mentioned indicators, please run them again. We regret for any inconvenience these may have caused.

February 24, 2004

IPLAN Data System Enhancement

A new indicator has been added, 3.18 Method of Delivery. This indicator reports the number of live births by method of delivery. Data are available for 1990 through 2002 at the state, county and community levels.

January 30, 2004

IPLAN Data System Data Update

Added 2002 Illinois, county and community data for the following indicators.

• 3.01 Live Births
• 3.03 Low Birth Weight
• 3.04 Mothers Who Smoke During Pregnancy
• 3.05 Mothers Who Drink During Pregnancy
• 3.07 Mothers Begin Prenatal in 1st Trimester
• 3.11 Teen Birth Rate
• 3.12 Percent Births to Teens

Added 2002 Illinois and county data for the following indicators.

• 3.06 Kessner Index of Prenatal Care
• 3.17 Kotelchuck Index of Prenatal Care Utilization