Only 31.8 percent of adults living in the Pittsburgh region reported being a healthy weight in 2016, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. A healthy weight is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 25. However, that percentage is the highest... More
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Adult Overweight and Obesity Rates
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Overweight And Obesity
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Heart Attack Death Rates
Data included in the charts below are averages for the seven year period from 1999 to 2005. Data are presented for two age groups (35-54 and 35-64), as well as by race and gender. More
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Diabetes Rates
The Pittsburgh region’s diabetes rate for adults was one of the highest among Pittsburgh TODAY’s benchmark cities in 2016. About 11 percent of the region’s population stated that they had diabetes in 2016, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The region’s diabetes rate increased from about 10... More
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Adults with Health Care Coverage
Adults in the Pittsburgh region are covered when it comes to health care. About 95 percent of adults in the Pittsburgh region reported having some form of health care coverage in 2016, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. This ranks the highest among Pittsburgh TODAY’s... More
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Nursing Home Violations
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Nursing Home Care
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Prenatal Care
The region fares reasonably well by national and benchmark standards for prenatal care, but the most recent data suggest there is more work to be done. More
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Non-Smoking Pregnancies
The data on smoking by pregnant women closely tracks the overall smoking report: Pittsburghers smoke. Pregnant women in Pittsburgh are more likely to smoke than women in the benchmark cities. More
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Low Birth-Weight Babies
Low birth weight is associated with long-term disabilities. Despite the low proportion of pregnancies resulting in LBW babies, expenditures for the care of LBW infants total more than half of the costs incurred for all newborns. Cigarette smoking is the greatest known risk factor for LBW. More