Compared to Distribution

an indicator guage with the arrow in the green the value is in the best half of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the yellow the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.

an indicator guage with the arrow in the red the value is in the worst quarter of communities.

Compared to Target

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Compared to a Single Value

green diamond with downward arrow inside it lower than the comparison value; red diamond with downward arrow inside it higher than the comparison value; blue diamond with downward arrow inside it not statistically different from comparison value.

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

gray chart bars No data on significance available

Premature Death Rate

County: Allegheny

Measurement Period: 2018-2020

This indicator measures the age-adjusted number of deaths per 100,000 residents less than 75 years of age. Deaths are counted in the county in which the individual lived, not where the death occurred. Data was provided by the National Center for Health Statistics and drawn from the National Vital Statistics System.

Why is this important?

Age-adjusted premature death, or mortality, rates are important and common measures for comparing the health of populations. Rates are age-adjusted in order to fairly compare Allegheny County with other geographies and to account for the fact that poor health outcomes increase with age.

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