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Did you know that our region ranks 1st nationally in major league sports appreciation? Read about it.

A reasonably effective way to evaluate overall health status is to simply ask. Read about it.

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Did you know that 45,000 jobs in SW PA are dependent upon the waterway transportation system? Read about it.

Our neighbors in Ohio and West Virginia lead the region in classical music attendance. Read about it.

Pittsburgh trails Baltimore, St. Louis and Denver in number of cultural institutions. Read about it.

Educational and Health Services is Pittsburgh’s largest job sector. Read about it.

Pittsburgh’s unemployment rate lower than all benchmark regions for a fourth month in a row. Read about it.

Registered nurses pay is low in Pittsburgh by national standards. Read about it.

Pittsburgh last among benchmark regions in startup firms. Read about it.

No benchmark region has as high a high school graduation rate as Pittsburgh. Read about it.

A bad air day in Pittsburgh is still bad. Read about it.

Local spending on schools is low by benchmark standards. Read about it.

Rush hour traffic in Pittsburgh is less congested than in most cities? Read about it.

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Health / Women's Health

The Pittsburgh region does not compare well with benchmark regions in indicators of women’s health, both for our white and black populations. We evaluated a variety of measures that are used to measure adult women’s health, but not including indicators related to pregnancy.

Unfortunately, the breast cancer mortality rates in the Pittsburgh region are higher for both white and black women than for the rest of the US or for the benchmark areas. In our region, the breast cancer mortality for white women in 2004, the last year for which data are available, was 27.3 per 100,000, as compared to the benchmark average of 24.9 and the national average of 23.8. For black women, the Pittsburgh MSA mortality rate for breast cancer was 34.2 as compared to the benchmark average of 31.7 and the national average of 32.3. For more, read our blog.

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Mortality rates of women with breast cancer per 100,000.