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Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.

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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green chart bars Significantly better than the overall value

red chart bars Significantly worse than the overall value

light blue chart bars No significant difference with the overall value

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Adults (18+) who are Sedentary

County: Allegheny
Measurement Period: 2022
This indicator shows the percentage of adults (ages 18 and up) who reported no leisure-time physical activity in the past month, not including exercise done at work.

Why is this important?

More and more individuals are living sedentary lifestyles due to lack of exercise spaces, stationary work environments, and increased media consumption. Sedentary behaviors have a wide array of health effects, including an increase in all-cause mortality, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and arthritis. ACHD is working to promote health insurer and employer-based wellness programs, including those that support healthy diets and physical activity.
The Healthy People 2030 national health target is to reduce the proportion of adults who do no physical activity in their free time to 21.8 percent.
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County: Allegheny

22.0%
Source: Pennsylvania Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Measurement period: 2022
Maintained by: Allegheny County Health Department
Last update: January 2024
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Compared to the PA Value (22.0%), Allegheny has a value of 22.0%.
PA Value
(22.0%)
Compared to the prior value, Allegheny (22.0%) is not statistically different from the previously measured value (21.0%).
Prior Value
(21.0%)
Over time, the Allegheny value is increasing, not significantly.
Trend
Compared to the HP 2030 Target (21.8%), the target has not been met.
HP 2030 Target
(21.8%)
Compared to the PHA 2023-2027 Goal (20%), the target has not been met.
PHA 2023-2027 Goal
(20%)
Technical note: Don't know/Not sure, Refused, and Missing responses were excluded from analyses. Data not displayed if <50 responses (considered unreliable).

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Note: State and county data are from PA BRFSS. Census place, zip code and census tract data are from CDC PLACES. Use caution when comparing directly between the two data sources as they use different survey weights.

Data Sources

Note: Data for this indicator was obtained from multiple sources. Please interpret with caution as methodology may differ.

Filed under: Health / Physical Activity, Health Behaviors, Adults

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