Healthy People 2020

Year 2020 Health Objectives for the Nation

Pennsylvania Summary of BRFSS Data, 2018

Healthy People 2020 Objective1 Year 2020
Objective
Pennsylvania
2018
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% 95 (CI: 93-97) No
C-15: Percent of women aged 21-65 who have received a cervical cancer screening
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
93.0% 76 (CI: 72-80) No
C-16.1: Percent of adults aged 50+ who received a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) for colorectal cancer within the past 2 years
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
15.0% 13 (CI: 11-15) No
C-16.2: Percent of adults aged 50+ who ever received a sigmoidoscopy for colorectal cancer
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
76.0% 71 (CI: 69-73) No
C-17: Percent of women aged 50-74 with a mammogram in last 2 years
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
81.1% 78 (CI: 75-81) No
EBCP-6: Percent of adults aged 18-24 who completed high school 97.9% 91 (CI: 86-96) No
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% 33 (CI: 31-35) 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% 60 (CI: 57-63) 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)
22.0% 22 (CI: 20-24) Yes
IVP-15: Percent of adults using safety belts 92.4% 80 (CI: 79-81) 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) No
OH-4.1: Percent of adults aged 45-64 who ever had a permanent tooth extracted due to dental caries or periodontal disease 68.8% 53 (CI: 50-56) Yes
OH-4.2: Percent of adults aged 65-74 who had all their natural teeth extracted 21.6% 15 (CI: 11-19) Yes
OH-7: Percent of adults who have visited a dentist in the past year
75.0% 69 (CI: 67-71) No
PA-1: Percent of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
32.6% 23 (CI: 21-25) Yes
SA-14.3: Percent of adults who engaged in binge drinking in past month
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
24.3% 17 (CI: 16-18) Yes
TU-1.1: Percent adults who smoke cigarettes
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
12.0% 18 (CI: 17-19) No
TU-1.2: Percent adults who use smokeless (spit) tobacco
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
0.3% 5 (CI: 4-6) No
TU-4.1: Percent of adult smokers who attempted to quit smoking
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
80.0% 57 (CI: 53-61) 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.