Health Care
The Health Care Quality of Life Indicators help us measure an Alexandria where all residents, regardless of their ability to pay, can access quality health care that focuses on prevention, treatment and wellness.
What are Quality of Life Indicators?
The Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria is collaborating wtih ACT for Alexandria and Virginia Tech to develop a better way to inform key decisions in Alexandria – through “quality of life indicators.” Quality of life indicators are the answers to the question, “What matters most to the people who live in Alexandria?”
How do I vote?
To vote for the indicators in this category, you must register on ACTion Alexandria. You have a total of 10 votes to assign in each indicator category, and can assign those votes to as many or as few indicators in each category as you like. Simple click on the "Add Your Vote" link under each solution to vote.
What will you do with my responses?
Your votes will be collected and combined with feedback from two Speak Up! Take ACTion! townhall meetings and summarized on ACTion Alexandria by the sponsoring organizations on April 18th. For more information on how the Quality of Life Indicators project, visit Community Health Assessment of MAPP.
Ideas
% sexually active teens in grades 7-12 that used a condom during last sexual experience
(Wellness, Health Behaviors & Risks, Source: YRBS)
Alexandria English language literacy rate
(Wellness, Health Behaviors & Risks, Source: TBD)
Life Expectancy at birth
(Life Expectancy & Leading Causes of Death, Source: TBD)
Life expectancy at age 65
(Life Expectancy & Leading Causes of Death, Source: Virginia Department of Health)
Death rate - chronic lower respiratory diseases, age adjusted
(Life Expectancy & Leading Causes of Death, Source: Virginia Department of Health)
Death rate - cancer, age adjusted
(Life Expectancy & Leading Causes of Death, Source: Virginia Department of Health)
# children eligible for federal State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
(Insurance, Source: Virginia Department of Health)
% of dentists who take Medicaid in Alexandria
(Insurance, Source: TBD)
# physicians who take Medicaid in Alexandria
(Insurance, Source: Medical Society of Virginia)
# physicians who take Medicare in Alexandria
(Insurance, Source: Medical Society of Virginia)
% of children ages 0-17 whose parents report they have health insurance
(Insurance, Source: TBD)
% of adults ages 18-64 who currently report having health care insurance
(Insurance, Source: BFRSS)