Healthy People 2020

Year 2020 Health Objectives for the Nation

Pennsylvania Summary of BRFSS Data, 2019

Healthy People 2020 Objective1 Year 2020
Objective
Pennsylvania
2019
Pennsylvania
Objective Met?2
AHS 1.1: Percent of adults aged 18-64 with health insurance 100.0% 90 (CI: 89-91) No
AHS 5.3: Percent of adults aged 18-64 with a specific source of ongoing care 89.4% 80 (CI: 78-82) No
AHS 5.4: Percent of adults aged 65+ with a specific source of ongoing care 100.0% 95 (CI: 93-97) No
AOCBC-2: Adults whose usual activities are limited in any way by arthritis
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
35.5% 37 (CI: 32-42) Yes
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% 73 (CI: 68-78) 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% 12 (CI: 9-15) Yes
D-9: Percent of adults with diabetes who have an annual foot examination
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
74.8% 77 (CI: 69-85) Yes
D-10: Percent of adults with diabetes who have an annual dilated eye examination
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
58.7% 70 (CI: 61-79) 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% 79 (CI: 72-86) 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% 70 (CI: 63-77) 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% 57 (CI: 48-66) Yes
EBCP-6: Percent of adults aged 18-24 who completed high school 97.9% 87 (CI: 82-92) No
HDS-5.1: Percent of adults aged 20+ who were ever told their blood pressure was high
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
27.0% 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% 86 (CI: 85-87) 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% 40 (CI: 38-42) 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% 70 (CI: 67-73) No
IID-13.1: Percent of adults aged 65+ who were ever vaccinated against pneumococcal disease
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
90.0% 75 (CI: 72-78) 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% 27 (CI: 25-29) Yes
NWS-8: Percent of adults aged 20+ with healthy weights
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
33.9% 29 (CI: 27-31) No
NWS-9: Percent of adults aged 20+ who are obese
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
30.6% 34 (CI: 32-36) No
PA-1: Percent of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
32.6% 25 (CI: 24-26) Yes
PA-2.1: Percent of adults who engage in vigorous or moderate physical activity
(age-adjusted to 2000 std. population)
54.0% 50 (CI: 48-52) No
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% 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.