2024 Public Health Accountability Metrics Preliminary Report 
Oregon’s public health system is changing how it prevents disease and protects and promotes health. A
modern public health system ensures critical public health protections are in place for every person in Oregon, that the public health system is prepared and has the right resources to address emerging health threats, and that the public health system is engaged daily to eliminate health disparities.
Public health accountability metrics are one way Oregon’s public health system demonstrates it is improving health and effectively using public dollars through a modern public health system. Established by the
Public Health Advisory Board in 2017, public health accountability metrics reflect population health priorities for public health programs and highlight the daily work of local public health authorities to achieve population health goals.
The
2024 Public Health Accountability Metrics Preliminary Report provides an in-depth look at the current state and 2030 benchmarks for priority health outcome indicators and related state and local public health department process measures.
2024 Public Health Accountability Metrics Preliminary Report
Public health is tracking accountability metrics
Communicable Disease Control
- Congenital syphilis rates
- Primary and secondary syphilis rates
- Syphilis rates among people who can become pregnant
- Two-year old vaccination rates
- Adult influenza vaccination rates
Environmental Health
- Emergency department and urgent care visits due to extreme heat
- Hospitalizations due to extreme heat
- Deaths due to extreme heat
- Emergency department and urgent care visits due to respiratory illnesses from wildfire smoke
- Mental health effects of climate change (developmental metric)
- Drinking water security (developmental metric)
Prevention and Health Promotion
- Metrics forthcoming
Access to Clinical Preventive Services
- Metrics forthcoming