CHANGELOG
Oregon year-to-date preliminary birth dashboard data
Oregon Center for Health Statistics

LATEST UPDATE 05/07/2026:
	* First publication of 2026 year-to-date data for births through March. Refreshed 2025 preliminary data.

MAJOR UPDATE LOG:
08/08/2025: For all years of resident topics, corrected denominators for counties where no births occurred in any particular category. 
	This error had a minor impact on total percentages of births when viewing more than one county.
06/09/2025: 2024 data finalized.
05/06/2025: First data update for 2025. Contains:
	* Updated preliminary 2024 data.
	* Year-to-date 2025 data through March.
	* New variable for occurrence topics: "Place of birth type".
		Allows data users to separate out births occurring at hospitals, birthing centers, or at home or another place.
		Not yet available for use in dashboard; place of birth type selection filter will be added TBD.
03/17/2025: Preliminary birth data dashboard first published.
03/13/2025: Original data file created. File contains preliminary 2024 data and final data for years 2018-2023.


