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Environmental Health


Overarching goal: More people in Allegheny County live in safe and resilient communities.

Key metric: By 2027, at least 98% of people in Allegheny County will respond 'safe' or 'extremely safe' to the following questions: "How safe from crime do you consider your neighborhood to be?" (Baseline 95% in 2017). Source: BRFSS


NOTE: Not all goals and objectives from the Plan for a Healthier Allegheny are displayed on this page as data is pending. To view the full list, please click here.

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Compared to Distribution

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Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

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Trend

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Compared to Prior Value

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red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

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County: Allegheny

Goal 6: More people live in stable and safe housing.

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County: Allegheny

Goal 6: More people live in stable and safe housing.

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County: Allegheny Rent-Burdened Households

Current Value:

County: Allegheny Rent-Burdened Households

44.4%
(2022)
Compared to:
Compared to the PHA 2023-2027 Goal (42%), the target has not been met.
PHA 2023-2027 Goal
(42%)

County: Allegheny

Goal 7: Fewer people experience violence in their homes and communities.

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County: Allegheny

Goal 7: Fewer people experience violence in their homes and communities.

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County: Allegheny Age-Adjusted Death Rate due to Homicide

Current Value:
8.4
Per 100,000 population
(2020)
Compared to:
Compared to the PHA 2023-2027 Goal (6.0), the target has not been met.
PHA 2023-2027 Goal
(6.0)
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County: Allegheny Adults Who Experienced Threats of Physical Violence by Intimate Partner

8.0%
(2021)
Compared to:
Compared to the PHA 2023-2027 Goal (3%), the target has not been met.
PHA 2023-2027 Goal
(3%)

County: Allegheny Fatalities/Near Fatalities from Suspected Child Abuse

26
Cases
(2022)
Compared to:
Compared to the PHA 2023-2027 Goal (20), the target has not been met.
PHA 2023-2027 Goal
(20)

County: Allegheny

Goal 8: More residents live in communities that are prepared to adapt to and absorb the impacts of climate change.

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County: Allegheny

Goal 8: More residents live in communities that are prepared to adapt to and absorb the impacts of climate change.

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County: Allegheny Annual Average PM2.5 Concentration

Current Value:
8.5
Ug per m^3
(2022)
Compared to:
Compared to the PHA 2023-2027 Goal (8.5), the target has  been met.
PHA 2023-2027 Goal
(8.5)