Community Health Indicators

4/6/2016

Community Health Indicators

1. Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics

Examples:

  • Population by Age and Gender
  • Dependency Indicators
  • Race/Ethnicity Distribution
  • Median Age for Population
  • Population 25+ Who Are Non-High School Graduates
  • High School Drop-Outs
  • Population in Poverty
  • Population Receiving Food Stamps
  • Rural Population
  • Unemployed
  • Population Enrolled in Medicaid
  • Single Parent Household
  • Per Capita Personal Income

2. General Health and Access to Care Indicators

Examples:

  • Mortality Rates
  • Leading Causes of Mortality, ICD-9
  • Leading Causes of Mortality, ICD-10
  • Life Expectancy at Birth
  • Excess Non-White Deaths
  • Population Uninsured
  • Cause-Specific Years of Potential Life Lost, ICD-9
  • Cause-Specific Years of Potential Life Lost, ICD-10
  • Percent Population No Medical Physical in Past 2 Years
  • Medicaid Enrollees to Medicaid Physician Vendors Ratio
  • Advanced Life Support Emergency Care Vehicles
  • Population Residing in Primary Care HPSA
  • Population with Optimally Fluoridated Water

3. Maternal and Child Health Indicators

Examples:

  • Live Births
  • Infant Mortality Rate
  • Low Birth Weight
  • Mothers Who Smoke During Pregnancy
  • Mothers Who Drink During Pregnancy
  • Kessner Index of Prenatal Care
  • Mothers Begin Prenatal in 1st Trimester
  • Infants Positive for Cocaine
  • Leading Causes of Mortality (Ages 1-4), ICD-9
  • Leading Causes of Mortality (Ages 1-4), ICD-10
  • WIC: Low Weight for Height
  • Teen Birth Rate
  • Percent Births to Teens
  • Founded Child Abuse/Neglect Rate
  • Congenital Anomalies
  • Medicaid Deliveries
  • IDPA-Eligible Children Receiving EPSDT
  • Kotelchuck Index of Prenatal Care Utilization
  • Method of Delivery

4. Chronic Disease Indicators

Examples:

  • Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Cerebrovascular Disease Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Cerebrovascular Diseases Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Breast Cancer (female) Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Breast Cancer (female) Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Lung Cancer Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Lung Cancer Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Colorectal Cancer Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Colorectal Cancer Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Cervical Cancer (female) Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Cervical Cancer (female) Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Prostate Cancer (male) Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Prostate Cancer (male) Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Childhood Cancer (under age 15) Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Childhood Cancer (under age 15) Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Alcohol Dependence Syndrome Hospitalization Rates
  • Total Psychoses Hospitalization Rates
  • Diabetes Hospitalization Rates
  • Overweight, Smokers, Sedentary Lifestyles
  • Breast Cancer Age-adjusted Incidence Rate
  • Colorectal Cancer Age-adjusted Incidence Rate
  • Cervical Cancer Age-adjusted Incidence Rate
  • Lung Cancer Age-adjusted Incidence Rate
  • Prostate Cancer Age-adjusted Incidence Rate
  • Percent Diagnosed in situ Breast Cancer (female)
  • Percent Diagnosed at Local Stage Colorectal Cancer
  • Percent Diagnosed at Local Stage Prostate Cancer
  • Percent Diagnosed at Late Stage Cervical Cancer
  • Childhood Cancer Age-adjusted Incidence Rate

5. Infectious Disease Indicators

Examples:

  • Syphilis Incidence Rates
  • Gonorrhea Incidence Rates
  • Chlamydia Incidence Rates
  • Incidence Rates
  • HIV Infection Incidence Rates
  • Basic Series Vaccinations
  • Haemophilus Meningitis (Ages 0-2 and 0-4)
  • Foodborne Pathogens Infection Rates
  • Vaccine Preventable Diseases
  • Hepatitis B Incidence Rates
  • Tuberculosis Incidence Rates

6. Environmental, Occupational, and Injury Control Indicators

Examples:

  • Environmental Indicators
  • Toxic Agents Released into Air, Water, Soil
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents Mortality Rates, ICD-9
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents Mortality Rates, ICD-10
  • Homicide Rates, ICD-9
  • Homicide Rates, ICD-10
  • Suicide Rates, ICD-9
  • Suicide Rates, ICD-10
  • Non-Fatal Head/Spinal Cord, Hip Injury Hospitalization Rates
  • Non-Fatal Hip Fracture Hospitalization Rates (Ages 65 and Up)
  • Non-Fatal Head Injury Hospitalization Rates
  • Non-Fatal Spinal Cord Injury Hospitalization Rates
  • Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Mortality Rates
  • Occupational Diseases/Injuries
  • Blood Lead Levels in Children
  • Assault Rates

7. Sentinel Events

Examples:

  • Hospitalization for Dehydration (Infants, ages 0-1)
  • Hospitalization for Rheumatic Fever (Children, ages 1-17)
  • Hospitalization for Asthma (Children, ages 1-14)
  • Number of Cases of Measles, Mumps, Polio, and Tetanus (ages 1-17)
  • Number of Cases of Tuberculosis (Adults, 18 and older)
  • Hospitalization for Uncontrolled Hypertension in Adults
  • Females late cervical cancer and in situ breast cancer (5-year average age-adjusted rate and 5-year number)