Data Updates

The Maine Tracking Network is ever-evolving. This page highlights the data portal topics we updated from 2019 to present.

  • Annual update refers to a scheduled update that may include new years of data, new measures (e.g., hospitalizations, emergency department visits), new display types (e.g., near real-time, trend-charts), or even new data portal topics.

  • Erratum refers to an identified data discrepancy. For an explanation of what took place and if changes in procedures were needed and added, please refer to the Details column.

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Date Data Portal Topic Type of Update Details
02/28/2023 Childhood Lead Poisoning Annual Update Updated high-risk area dashboard with 2021 poisoning and screening data and new geographic breakdowns. 
12/21/2022 Childhood Lead Poisoning Annual Update 2021 lead poisoning and screening data. 
12/09/2022 Asthma Annual Update 2015-2019 prevalence data.
08/09/2022 Public Water Supply Annual Update and New Display 2021 water quality data. New dashboard about lead in water test results for schools.
07/19/2022 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Erratum Age-adjusted rates for emergency department visits and hospitalizations for the years 2016 through 2020 (and combined years, 2016-2020) have been revised due to an error in the first release.
06/09/2022 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Annual Update 2018-2020 hospitalization and emergency department data. 2018 survey data about CO detectors and new analyses of all years of survey data - now analyzed at the individual level instead of the household level. 
05/31/2022 Cancer Annual Update 2015-2018 incidence rates.
02/15/2022 Asthma Annual Update 2017-2020 hospitalization, emergency department, and town-level data.
02/09/2022 Childhood Lead Poisoning Annual Update and New Display 2020 lead poisoning and screening data. New dashboard with data about Maine's four high-risk areas. 
10/26/2021 Birth Outcomes Annual Update 2016-2019 counts and rates.
10/22/2021 Air Quality Annual Update and New Display 2015-2018 ozone and particulate matter data. Near real-time map updated hourly.
08/15/2021 Public Water Supply Annual Update and New Display 2020 water quality data. 
06/25/2021 Heat Illness Annual Update and New Display 2018 and 2019 hospitalization and emergency department visit data. Near real-time dashboard updated daily.
05/07/2021 Tickborne Diseases Annual Update and New Display 2019 and 2020 incidence data for anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Lyme disease. Updated near real-time dashboard updated daily.
03/03/2021 Private Well Water Annual Update 2017 household survey data about homes on well water and testing behavior.
01/31/2021 Cold-Related Illness New Content Area 2001-2018 hospitalization and emergency department visit data. Near real-time dashboard updated daily.
01/22/2021 Childhood Lead Poisoning Annual Update 2019 lead poisoning and lead screening data.
10/29/2020 Childhood Lead Poisoning New Display New enhanced maps for Maine's six high-risk areas for lead poisoning.
07/13/2020 Public Water Supply New Display New system-level summaries of data about arsenic, disinfection by-products and nitrates/nitrites.
02/25/2020 COPD Annual Update 2016 and 2017 hospitalization and emergency department visit data.
02/04/2020 Childhood Lead Poisoning Annual Update 2018 lead poisoning, lead screening, poverty, and pre-1950 housing data.
01/16/2020 Tickborne Diseases New Display Near real-time tab with preliminary totals for tickborne diseases in 2019.
01/09/2020 Radon  New Content Area Summary levels from more than 57,000 radon in air test results available at the town, county, and state level, as well as eight years of household survey data about testing, levels above normal, and whether those levels were fixed.
01/09/2020 Birth Defects Annual Update 2016 and 2017 prevalence rates.
10/02/2019 Acute Myocardial Infarction Annual Update 2014 and 2016 hospitalization data and town-level data.
05/07/2019 Tickborne Diseases Annual Update 2018 incidence data for anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Lyme disease.
05/07/2019 Heat Illness Annual Update 2012-2017 emergency department and hospitalization data and 2014 data about homes with air conditioning.
02/10/2019 Private Well Water Erratum The table display for county-level water quality data with Column Options "Multiple Analytes" was updated incorrectly in June 2018. Data values were doubled due to a one-time database conversion issue. The error did not affect any other tables, charts, or maps displays, and all other data are correct. This error was identified on February 10, 2019, and resolved immediately.
 01/26/2019 Childhood Lead Poisoning Annual Update 2017 lead poisoning, lead screening, poverty, and pre-1950 housing data.