Tennessee’s Vital Signs
Tennessee’s Vital Signs are 12 metrics selected through an extensive public engagement process meant to measure the pulse of Tennessee’s population health. Taken together, they provide an at-a-glance view of leading indicators of health and prosperity. As opposed to a ranking, where the relative value of one state’s rank versus another’s makes comparisons to a healthy standard difficult, Tennessee’s Vital Signs seek to provide an objective answer to the question, “How healthy is Tennessee?”
Tennessee's Vital Signs
Youth Obesity - Coordinated School Health: Tennessee Department of Education
Physical Activity - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: Tennessee Department of Health
Youth Nicotine Use - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System: Tennessee Department of Education
Drug Overdose - Informatics & Analytics: Tennessee Department of Health
Infant Mortality - Death Statistics: Tennessee Department of Health
Teen Births - Birth Statistics: Tennessee Department of Health
Community Water Fluoridation - CDC Water Fluoridation Reporting System
Frequent Mental Distress - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: Tennessee Department of Health
3rd Grade Reading Level - Tennessee Department of Education
Preventable Hospitalizations - Hospital Discharge Data System: Tennessee Department of Health
Per Capita Personal Income - US Bureau of Economic Analysis
Access to Parks and Greenways - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System: Tennessee Department of Health [1]
[1] Source for Access to Parks and Greenways will be County Health Rankings data until mid-2019