HHS launches Leading Health Indicators app challenge
Leading Health Indicators
Access to Health Services
- Persons with medical insurance (AHS-1.1)
- Persons with a usual primary care provider (AHS-3)
Clinical Preventive Services
- Adults who receive a colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines (C-16)
- Adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control (HDS-12)
- Adult diabetic population with an A1c value greater than 9 percent (D-5.1)
- Children aged 19 to 35 months who receive the recommended doses of DTaP, polio, MMR, Hib, hepatitis B, varicella, and PCV vaccines (IID-8)
Environmental Quality
- Air Quality Index (AQI) exceeding 100 (EH-1)
- Children aged 3 to 11 years exposed to secondhand smoke (TU-11.1)
Injury and Violence
- Fatal injuries (IVP-1.1)
- Homicides (IVP-29)
Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
- Infant deaths (MICH-1.3)
- Preterm births (MICH-9.1)
Mental Health
- Suicides (MHMD-1)
- Adolescents who experience major depressive episodes (MDE) (MHMD-4.1)
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
- Adults who meet current federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic physical activity and muscle-strengthening activity (PA-2.4)
- Adults who are obese (NWS-9)
- Children and adolescents who are considered obese (NWS-10.4)
- Total vegetable intake for persons aged 2 years and older (NWS-15.1)
Oral Health
- Persons aged two years and older who used the oral health care system in past 12 months (OH-7)
Reproductive and Sexual Health
- Sexually active females aged 15 to 44 years who received reproductive health services in the past 12 months (FP-7.1)
- Persons living with HIV who know their serostatus (HIV-13)
Social Determinants
- Students who graduate with a regular diploma four years after starting 9th grade (AH-5.1)
Substance Abuse
- Adolescents using alcohol or any illicit drugs during the past 30 days (SA-13.1)
- Adults engaging in binge drinking during the past 30 days (SA-14.3)
Tobacco
- Adults who are current cigarette smokers (TU-1.1)
- Adolescents who smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days (TU-2.2)