Source snapshot

Public data sources behind LifeRiskIQ scores.

LifeRiskIQ scores are built from public, population-level datasets. This page summarizes the active source years, geography basis, cadence, and coverage represented in the current metric table.

Source years can differ by risk factor because public agencies release datasets on different schedules. LifeRiskIQ favors stable, validated inputs over silently swapping to a newer release.

Coverage snapshot

Active source groups: 10
Total metric rows: 691,911
State metric rows: 1,185
City metric rows: 690,726

Counts reflect metric rows, not unique people or individual risk records.

Source snapshot

Current source inventory

Active source groups represented in the current LifeRiskIQ score version.

County Health Rankings

Access and infrastructure + Longevity and health outcomes

2025

Geography: county + state + state/county
Coverage: 312 state rows / 185,435 city rows
Cadence: Annual / supplemental

2025 annual release active with 2026 supplemental context. CHR 2026 is treated as supplemental because CHR&R did not produce a typical 2026 Annual Data Release.

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HRSA HPSA primary care

Access and infrastructure

2026

Geography: county + state + state/county
Coverage: 52 state rows / 30,906 city rows
Cadence: Rolling / periodic

2026 refresh active. Primary care shortage scores support access and infrastructure context.

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CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking

Environmental and disaster exposure

2022

Geography: county + state + state/county
Coverage: 56 state rows / 31,183 city rows
Cadence: Periodic

Latest PM2.5 county dataset. The active CDC PM2.5 dataset covers modeled daily county values for 2001-2022.

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FEMA National Risk Index

Environmental and disaster exposure

Current / rolling

Geography: county + state + state/county
Coverage: 56 state rows / 31,183 city rows
Cadence: Periodic

Current OpenFEMA table. FEMA NRI county risk scores provide the disaster exposure backbone.

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CFPB Consumer Complaint Database

Financial stability

Current / rolling

Geography: state
Coverage: 51 state rows / 30,906 city rows
Cadence: Rolling

Current complaint index. Complaint volume is used as a state-level consumer financial pressure signal.

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US Census ACS 5-year

Financial stability + Mobility and accident risk

2024

Geography: county + place + place/county + state + state/place/county
Coverage: 204 state rows / 121,905 city rows
Cadence: Annual

2024 ACS 5-year active. ACS inputs stay pinned to the 2020-2024 5-year release; 2025 ACS 1-year timing remains under Census review.

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CDC PLACES

Longevity and health outcomes

2025 release / 2023 data

Geography: county + state + state/county
Coverage: 250 state rows / 142,460 city rows
Cadence: Annual

December 2025 release active. The current PLACES release includes 40 measures; most active driver metrics use 2023 BRFSS data.

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CDC impaired driving rates

Mobility and accident risk

Current / rolling

Geography: state
Coverage: 51 state rows / 29,187 city rows
Cadence: Periodic

State-level support signal. Impaired-driving rates provide state-level context inside mobility scoring.

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NHTSA FARS

Mobility and accident risk

2023

Geography: county + place/county + state + state/county
Coverage: 102 state rows / 58,374 city rows
Cadence: Annual

2023 final data active; 2024 ARF validation pending. NHTSA describes 2024 FARS as an Annual Report File that is subject to change before finalization.

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NHTSA FARS AccAux

Mobility and accident risk

2023

Geography: state
Coverage: 51 state rows / 29,187 city rows
Cadence: Annual

2023 final data active; 2024 ARF validation pending. NHTSA describes 2024 FARS as an Annual Report File that is subject to change before finalization.

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Explainability coverage

Which scored risks have metric-level support.

This snapshot compares scored locations with locations that have supporting metric rows. Score-only coverage means the factor is in the LifeRiskIQ score but its row-level provenance is still being backfilled.

Longevity and health outcomes

Metric-backed

Scored locations: 30,957
Metric-backed locations: 30,957
Metric rows: 173,667

Scores have supporting metric rows.

Financial stability

Metric-backed

Scored locations: 30,957
Metric-backed locations: 30,957
Metric rows: 123,828

Scores have supporting metric rows.

Environmental and disaster exposure

Metric-backed

Scored locations: 31,239
Metric-backed locations: 31,239
Metric rows: 62,478

Scores have supporting metric rows.

Mobility and accident risk

Partially metric-backed

Scored locations: 29,246
Metric-backed locations: 29,238
Metric rows: 146,190

Some scored locations have supporting metric rows.

Access and infrastructure

Metric-backed

Scored locations: 30,958
Metric-backed locations: 30,958
Metric rows: 185,748

Scores have supporting metric rows.

Update policy

How source freshness is handled.

LifeRiskIQ updates source layers when newer public releases are available, compatible with the existing scoring logic, and validated against source-specific smoke checks.

ACS stays pinned to 2024 5-year

Financial and commute inputs use the 2020-2024 ACS 5-year release. Census says the 2025 ACS 1-year release date is still being determined.

PM2.5 stays pinned to 2022

The active CDC county PM2.5 dataset explicitly covers modeled values through 2022.

CHR 2026 is supplemental

County Health Rankings updated a subset of measures in March 2026 but did not publish a typical 2026 Annual Data Release.

FARS 2024 remains validation-only

The mobility layer keeps final 2023 FARS inputs. NHTSA describes 2024 FARS as an Annual Report File that can change before finalization.

Census ACS 2026 update ->CDC PLACES release notes ->NHTSA FARS annual tables ->NHTSA 2024 traffic data note ->CHR 2026 supplemental note ->

Interpretation guardrails

Scores are relative by geography tier and should not be used as individual predictions.

Metric geography may be county, place, state, or mixed depending on the best available public source.

Source snapshots are transparency aids, not medical, financial, or actuarial advice.

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