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Core Indicators Report
Executive Summary
Healthy Community Initiative
Community Indicators
Project Health Strategies, Inc.
John R. Hagen, Ph.D.
August 1999

SUMMARY TABLE OF CORE INDICATORS

Area Focus Area Measure(s)
Community Capacity Commitment to Local Community Community Capacity Percentage of adults registered to vote and percentage of registered adults that voted
Economic Vitality Employment Economic Vitality Annual average un-employment rate
Economic Vitality Income Economic Vitality Per capita income
Economic Vitality Income Average annual wage and salary Average annual wage and salary
Health Mortality rate Health Number of infants (per 1,000 live births) who died before their first birthday
Health Maternal and Health 1 Number of live births to females aged 19 and under per 1,000 females aged 19 and under
Health Child Health Health 2 Number of live births to females aged 19 and under per 1,000 females aged 19 and under
Health Maternal and Child Health Child Health 1 Percentage of two-year olds that are adequately immunized
Health Education Child Health 2 Percentage of students entering ninth grade in public schools four years ago who graduated by the end of the current year
Quality of Life Public Safety Quality of Life Number of index crimes per 100,000 residents
Quality of Life Public Safety Quality of Life 1 Number of juveniles taken into custody by police because they were suspected of committing a violent crime (per 100,000 juveniles aged 10-19)
Quality of Life Public Safety Quality of Life 2 Percentage of juvenile arrests that involved violent crimes
Quality of Life Public Safety Quality of Life 3 Juvenile arrests as a percent of total arrests.
Quality of Life Environment Quality of Life Air quality for CO emissions, airborne particulates, and ozone emissions relative to EPA standards.

Source:   The HealthCare Forum, ACT Outcomes Toolkit,
              “Community Dashboard—Core Indicators.”

Overview Community CapacityEconomic Vitality Health Quality of Life

 
 

    

Table 1 lists
each of the ten (10) indicators chosen, its relevant area and focus.

 

John R. Hagen, Ph.D.
Executive Summary
Overview
August 1999