Healthy People 2020's Leading Health Indicators (LHIs): What are they?

HP 2020's Leading Health Indicators (LHIs) are the 26 indicators that is the focus of the Healthy People 2020 campaign. These indicator, organized under 12 overarching topics are:

Access to Health Services

• Persons with medical insurance (AHS-1.1)
• Persons with a usual primary care provider (AHS-3)

Clinical Preventive Services

• Adults who receive a colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines (C-16)
• Adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control (HDS-12)
• Adult diabetic population with an A1c value greater than 9 percent (D-5.1)
• Children aged 19 to 35 months who receive the recommended doses of DTaP, polio, MMR, Hib, hepatitis B, varicella, and PCV vaccines (IID-8)

Environmental Quality

• Air Quality Index (AQI) exceeding 100 (EH-1)
• Children aged 3 to 11 years exposed to secondhand smoke (TU-11.1)

Injury and Violence

• Fatal injuries (IVP-1.1)
• Homicides (IVP-29)

Maternal, Infant, and Child Health

• Infant deaths (MICH-1.3)
• Preterm births (MICH-9.1)

Mental Health

• Suicides (MHMD-1)
• Adolescents who experience major depressive episodes (MDE) (MHMD-4.1)

Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

• Adults who meet current Federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic physical activity and muscle-strengthening activity (PA-2.4)
• Adults who are obese (NWS-9)
• Children and adolescents who are considered obese (NWS-10.4)
• Total vegetable intake for persons aged 2 years and older (NWS-15.1)

Oral Health

• Persons aged 2 years and older who used the oral health care system in past 12 months (OH-7)

Reproductive and Sexual Health

• Sexually active females aged 15 to 44 years who received reproductive health services in the past 12 months (FP-7.1)
• Persons living with HIV who know their serostatus (HIV-13)

Social Determinants

• Students who graduate with a regular diploma 4 years after starting 9th grade (AH-5.1)

Substance Abuse

• Adolescents using alcohol or any illicit drugs during the past 30 days (SA-13.1)
• Adults engaging in binge drinking during the past 30 days (SA-14.3)

Tobacco

• Adults who are current cigarette smokers (TU-1.1)
• Adolescents who smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days (TU-2.2)

source: 2020 LHI Topics. (n.d.). Retrieved January 30, 2013, from http://healthypeople.gov/2020/LHI/2020indicators.aspx