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. 2022 Jun 16;19:E31. doi: 10.5888/pcd19.210459

Table. Chronic Disease–Related Measures Included in PLACESa, 2021.

Health outcomes Health risk behaviors Preventive services Health status
  • Arthritis

  • Current asthma

  • High blood pressure

  • Cancer (excluding skin cancer)

  • High cholesterol (among those screened in the past 5 years)

  • Chronic kidney disease

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Coronary heart disease

  • Diagnosed diabetes

  • All teeth lost, adults aged ≥65 years

  • Stroke

  • Obesity

  • Diagnosed depression

  • Binge drinking

  • Current smoking

  • No leisure-time physical activity

  • Sleeping less than 7 hours

  • Current lack of health insurance (aged 18–64 years)

  • Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year

  • Visits to dentist or dental clinic

  • Taking medicine for high blood pressure control (among adults with high blood pressure)

  • Cholesterol screening

  • Mammography screening (women aged 50–74 years)

  • Cervical cancer screening (women aged 21–65 years)

  • Fecal occult blood test, sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy (aged 50–75 years)

  • Adults aged ≥65 years who are up to date on a core set of clinical preventive services (separate measures for women and men)

  • Mental health not good for ≥14 days past month

  • Physical health not good for ≥14 days past month

  • Fair/poor general health status

Abbreviation: PLACES, Population Level Analysis and Community EStimates.