Healthy People 2020

Year 2020 Health Objectives for the Nation

Pennsylvania Summary of BRFSS Data, 2017

Healthy People 2020 Objective1 Year 2020
Objective
Pennsylvania
2017
Pennsylvania
Objective Met?2
AHS 1.1: Percent of adults aged 18-64 with health insurance 100.0% 91 (CI: 90-92) No
AHS 5.3: Percent of adults aged 18-64 with a specific source of ongoing care 89.4% 82 (CI: 80-84) No
AHS 5.4: Percent of adults aged 65+ with a specific source of ongoing care 100.0% 97 (CI: 96-98) No
AOCBC-2: Adults whose usual activities are limited in any way by arthritis
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
35.5% 52 (CI: 47-57) No
AOCBC-7.2: Adults diagnosed with arthritis who have been counseled to do physical activity or exercise
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
57.4% 62 (CI: 57-67) Yes
AOCBC-8: Adults diagnosed with arthritis who have taken a class on how to manage their arthritis
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
11.7% 15 (CI: 10-20) Yes
D-9: Percent of adults with diabetes who have an annual foot examination
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
74.8% 81 (CI: 73-89) Yes
D-10: Percent of adults with diabetes who have an annual dilated eye examination
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
58.7% 67 (CI: 56-78) Yes
D-11: Percent of adults with diabetes who have a glycosylated hemoglobin measurement at least twice a year
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
71.7% 78 (CI: 67-89) Yes
D-13: Percent of adults with diabetes who perform self-blood-glucose-monitoring at least once daily
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
70.4% 60 (CI: 49-71) Yes
D-14: Percent of adults diagnosed with diabetes who have attended a class in managing their diabetes
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
62.5% 45 (CI: 36-54) No
EBCP-6: Percent of adults aged 18-24 who completed high school 97.9% 86 (CI: 79-93) No
HDS-5.1: Percent of adults aged 20+ who were ever told their blood pressure was high
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
10% less 30 (CI: 29-31) No
HDS-6: Percent of adults who had their blood cholesterol checked within the last 5 years
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
82.1% 84 (CI: 82-86) Yes
IID-12.5: Percent of adults aged 18 to 64 who had a flu shot in the past year
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
80.0% 38 (CI: 36-40) No
IID-12.7: Percent of adults aged 65+ with a flu shot in the past year
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
90.0% 63 (CI: 60-66) No
IID-13.1: Percent of adults aged 65+ who were ever vaccinated against pneumococcal disease
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
90.0% 76 (CI: 73-79) No
IID-13.2: Percent of adults aged 18 to 64 who ever had vaccination against pneumococcal disease
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
10% more 29 (CI: 27-31) Yes
IVP-15: Percent of adults using safety belts 92.4% 81 (CI: 80-82) No
NWS-8: Percent of adults aged 20+ with healthy weights
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
33.9% 31 (CI: 29-33) No
NWS-9: Percent of adults aged 20+ who are obese
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
30.6% 32 (CI: 30-34) Yes
PA-1: Percent of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
32.6% 24 (CI: 22-26) No
PA-2.1: Percent of adults who engage in vigorous or moderate physical activity
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
10% more 53 (CI: 51-55) Yes
SA-14.3: Percent of adults who engaged in binge drinking in past month
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
24.3% 18 (CI: 17-19) Yes
TU-1.1: Percent adults who smoke cigarettes
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
12.0% 20 (CI: 19-21) No
TU-1.2: Percent adults who use smokeless (spit) tobacco
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
0.3% 4 (CI: 3-5) No
TU-4.1: Percent of adult smokers who attempted to quit smoking
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
80.0% 58 (CI: 54-62) No

* Binge drinking is defined as men drinking five or more drinks or women drinking four or more drinks on one occasion in the past month.
1 National Center for Health Statistics, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, HealthPeople.gov (http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/default.aspx)
2 Objectives are classified as "met" if they lie outside the confidence interval of the Pennsylvania estimate in the appropriate direction.