1. Health Indicator Lehigh Valley
(2012)
Lehigh Valley (2016) Subgroup (2012) Subgroup (2016)
Health Disparities
VG or Excellent health 47% 51% 37% Hispanic
23% Low Income1
42% Hispanic
38% Low Income
Access to Care
No insurance
No Vision Service/year
No Dental Care last/ year
7%
22%
30%
3%
26%
31%
20% Hispanic
20% Low Income
63% Hispanic
31% Low Income2
6% Hispanic
7% Low Income
33% Hispanic
51% Low Income
28% Low Income2
Mental Health
1-2 sick days/month
8+ sick days/month
19%
11%
21%
6%
N/A
N/A
26% Low Income
11% Low Income
Diabetes
14% 10% 17 % Low Income
16% Allentown Campus
17% Low Income
16% Miners Campus
Nutrition
5+ Fruits and Veg/day 8% 11%
National and Pennsylvania (2009)
24%3
Hispanic (2009)
22%3
National (2013)
13% Fruits4
9% Vegetables4
Exercise
No weekly exercise 28% 24% 32% National5
30% National5
Elder Health Chronic Disease (2012 vs. 2016)
High BP: 50% vs. 60%
Cholesterol: 34% vs. 35%
Diabetes: 22% vs. 23%
Arthritis: 44% vs. 40%
Mental health: 3% vs. 6%
Asthma: 6% vs. 14%
Cancer: 7% vs. 14%
Preventive Care (2012 vs. 2016)
Colon ca screen (50+): 51% vs. 64%
Flu vacc.: 85% vs. 82%
Pneum. vacc: 75% vs. 66%
Mammogram (Women 40+): 56% vs. 74%
1
Low Income= Income< $25,000
2
No dental care/2 years
3
Data from CDC Sortable Risk Factors & Health Indicators (2009) [http://sortablestats.cdc.gov/Index.html - /indicator]
4
Data from CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6426a1.htm]
5
Data from Healthy People 2020 Baseline (2009 v. 2013) [https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/data-search/Search-the-Data?nid=5052]