Health 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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Adults with Health Care Coverage
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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
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Preterm Births
Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal deaths not associated with birth defects. Pittsburgh has a lower preterm birth rate than most benchmark cities, although African-American preterm birth rates are higher than the benchmark average. The Pittsburgh rate in this key indicator is better than most benchmark regions. More
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Mammography Rates
About 74.2 percent of women over 40 years of age in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area have had a mammogram in the past two years, slightly more than benchmark average of 73.6 percent, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. More
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Pap Smear Test Rates
About 81 percent of women age 21 to 65 in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area have had a pap smear test in the past three years–the fourth lowest percentage among all benchmark regions. Only Austin, Philadelphia and Indianapolis had lower rates. More