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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.

A Little Good News, At Last Read about it.

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.

Have you found all 100 plus charts? Read about it.

We've recently added a sitemap to quickly find content. 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.

When we looked at another test of proven value for preventing cancer, the pap test for early cervical cancer, white women in our region also do very poorly. In both 2006 and 2008 we ranked 14th of the 15 benchmark areas. For more, read our blog.