HEALTH IMPACT DASHBOARD

Health is shaped over a lifetime by the everyday conditions in which people live, work, learn, and play, and by connections to others within our community. In the Indy Health District, efforts are focused on improving these conditions to promote longer, healthier lives for all.

 

This is a long-term initiative, with progress tracked over time. To monitor changes in community health, the Health Impact Dashboard was created to track key data points that reflect both health outcomes and the primary social determinants of health. Below are the six metric categories and the individual metrics that will be followed, with updates added over the years

Community Health

Key Metrics Tracked:

  • Life expectancy at birth
  • Poor physical health days
  • Poor mental health days

Education Access and Quality

Key Metrics Tracked:

  • Childcare seats
  • Childcare facilities
  • Educational attainment among adults 25+/ high school graduation rates
  • Third grade passing rates in English and Math (among schools in the district)

Health Care and Quality

Key Metrics Tracked:

  • Prenatal care in the 1st trimester (% of births)

Neighborhood and Built Environment

Key Metrics Tracked:

  • Complete Streets index
  • Connectivity elements and gaps
  • Households in walkshed of daily destinations
  • Low food access (physical access)
  • Crashes/hotspots involving pedestrians or bikers
  • Households in walkshed of greenspace

Social and Community Context

Key Metrics Tracked:

  • Mobility in/out of the health district
  • Community social cohesion

Economic Stability

Key Metrics Tracked:

  • Households receiving SNAP benefits for nutritional assistance
  • Housing cost-burdened households