This indicator reports the percentage of males age 65 years and older who report that they are up to date on a core set of clinical preventive services. Services include: an influenza vaccination in the past year; a PPV ever; and either a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) within the past year, a sigmoidoscopy within…
This indicator reports the number and percentage of adults age 18 and older with high blood pressure (HTN) who report taking HTN medicine. Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2021.Accessed via the PLACES Data Portal. Source Description The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collaborative project of…
This indicator reports the percentage of adults aged 18 and older who report receiving an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months. Data are obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) FluVaxView data portal. Note: The county-level estimates within FluVaxView are derived from responses the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey….
This indicator reports the percentage of adults age 18 and older who report having their cholesterol checked within the previous 5 years. Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2021.Accessed via the PLACES Data Portal. Source Description The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is a collaborative project of the…
This indicator reports the hospitalization rate for coronary heart disease among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older for hospital stays occurring between 2019 and 2021. Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC – Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke , 2019-2021. Source Description The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic…
This indicator reports the hospitalization rate for Ischemic stroke among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older for hospital stays occurring between 2018 and 2021. Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC – Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke , 2018-2020. Source Description The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Chronic Disease…