At Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, data guides our community health improvement work. We use a variety of reliable sources to understand our community’s health needs and evaluate the impact of our programs. These data help us understand the current prevalence of health issues, the trends over time, and the differences between groups within Lancaster County.

On our Community Health Dashboard, you can explore updated data on many different health issues, including causes of death, health conditions and diseases, disabilities, risk factors, health behaviors, social needs, and the community environment.

The dashboard is the best place to start your search for the most updated health statistics on Lancaster County. For most topics, you can see data for many years to explore trends over time. For some topics, you can also explore data by zip code, race, ethnicity, gender, or age.

Explore the Community Health Dashboard

If you have any questions about health data, please contact Brenda Buescher at brenda.buescher@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

 

Healthiest Communities Rankings 

The Healthiest Communities rankings show how 3,000 U.S. counties perform in 89 metrics across 10 health and health-related categories. These rankings show the broad range of community issues that influence health, from the physical environment and transportation to equity and education.

Each county receives a score for each category, which is weighted by a panel of experts in population health. The data were collected from well-recognized and validated sources, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

This tool is helpful for showing metrics across different sectors that can be used to measure community well-being. It is also useful for comparisons, because the metrics are available for many counties across the U.S. However, it may not have the most current data for Lancaster County, and it does not show you data from past years.

Review Lancaster County's Healthiest Communities Rankings

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