Notice to 500 Cities Data Users:

For the 2019 data release, 7 of the 27 measures based on BRFSS data could not be updated because the measures are only included in the even-year BRFSS administration. These 7 measures are: all teeth lost, dental visits, mammograms, Pap tests, colorectal cancer screening, core preventive services among older adults, and sleep less than 7 hours. However, earlier estimates based on 2016 BRFSS data for these 7 measures remain available.

Since the Pap tests data were carried over from the 2018 release, the same explanation applies to 2019 data as well. Data for Pap smear use among adult women aged 21-65 years were not available from the 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 8 states and were therefore not available for 47 cities and their census tracts in those 8 states for the 500 Cities project. The affected states are Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

In 2019, we were able to publish 500 Cities data as feature services for GIS users at ArcGIS Living Atlas of the Worldexternal icon. The services are: