TABLE. Healthy People 2010 improvements related to public health achievements --- United States* |
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Area of public health achievement |
Healthy People 2010 objective measure† |
Improvement |
Vaccine-preventable diseases |
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Vaccination of each U.S. birth cohort with current childhood immunization schedule |
14-24a. Proportion of children aged 19--35 months receiving the recommended vaccines |
From 73% (1998) to 78% (2008) |
Pneumococcal disease |
14-22g. Children aged 19--35 months receiving ≥4 doses of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine |
From 20% (2002) to 80% (2008) |
Varicella |
14-22f. Children aged 19--35 months receiving ≥1 dose of the varicella vaccine |
From 43% (1998) to 91% (2008) (14-22f) and from 45% (1997) to 86% (2008) (14-27d) |
Hepatitis A |
14-6. New cases of hepatitis A (per 100,000 population) |
From 11.2 (1997) to 0.9 (2008) |
Prevention and control of infectious diseases |
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Tuberculosis cases |
14-11. New cases of tuberculosis (per 100,000 population) |
From 6.6 (1998) to 4.2 (2008) |
Central line--associated blood stream infections |
14-20b. Hospital-acquired central line--associated bloodstream infections among intensive-care unit patients (per 1,000 days use) |
From 5.5 (1995-98) to 1.6 (2009) |
Tobacco |
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Adult tobacco use |
27-1a. Cigarette smoking among adults aged ≥18 years (age-adjusted) |
From 24% (1998) to 21% (2008) |
Youth tobacco use |
27-2b. Cigarette smoking among students (grades 9--12) |
From 35% (1999) to 19% (2009) |
States with comprehensive smoke-free laws |
27-13a, b, c, i. Smoke-free indoor air laws (specific to private workplaces, public workplaces, restaurants, and bars). |
From zero (1998) to 30 (2009) states (27-13a), 10 (1998) to 34 (2009) states (27-13b), one (1998) to 28 (2009) states (27-13c), and zero (1998) to 22 states (2009) (27-13i) |
Combined average federal and average state excise tax |
27-21a. Combined average federal and state tax on cigarettes (dollars per standard U.S. package of cigarettes) |
From $0.63 (1998) to $2.35 (2009) |
Maternal and infant health |
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Pregnancies affected by neural tube defects |
16-15. Live births and fetal deaths at ≥20 weeks gestation with diagnoses of spina bifida and other neural tube defects (new cases per 10,000 live births) |
From six (1996) to five (2007) |
Newborn hearing screening |
28-11a. Newborns receiving an objective |
From 66% (2001) to 82% (2007) |
Motor vehicle safety |
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Deaths per 100,000 persons per vehicle mile traveled |
15-15a. Motor vehicle deaths (age-adjusted per 100,000 standard population) |
From 14.7 (1999) to 13.8 (2007) (15-15a) and from 1.6 (1998) to 1.3 (2008) (15-15b) |
Injuries per 100,000 persons per vehicle mile traveled |
15-17. Nonfatal motor vehicle injuries (per 100,000 population) |
From 1,181 (1998) to 771 (2008) |
Pedestrian deaths |
15-16. Pedestrian deaths on public roads (per 100,000 population) |
From 1.9 (1998) to 1.5 (2008) |
Cardiovascular disease prevention |
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Age-adjusted coronary heart disease deaths |
12-1. Coronary heart disease deaths (age-adjusted per 100,000 population) |
From 195 (1999) to 126 (2007) |
Age-adjusted stroke deaths |
12-7. Stroke deaths (age-adjusted per 100,000 population) |
From 62 (1999) to 42 (2007) |
Occupational safety |
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Work-related injury deaths |
20-1a. Work-related injury deaths -- all industries (per 100,000 workers aged ≥16 years) |
From 4.5 (1998) to 3.3 (2009) |
Work-related injuries |
20-2a. Work-related injuries -- all industries (per 100 full-time workers) |
From 6.2 (1998) to 3.4 (2009) |
Cancer prevention |
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Colorectal cancer death rate per year |
3-5. Colorectal cancer deaths (age-adjusted per 100,000 standard population) |
From 20.9 (1999) to 16.9 (2007) |
Breast cancer death rate per year |
3-3. Female breast cancer deaths (age-adjusted per 100,000 standard population) |
From 26.6 (1999) to 22.9 (2007) |
Cervical cancer death rate per year |
3-4. Cervical cancer deaths (age-adjusted per 100,000 standard population) |
From 2.8 (1999) to 2.4 (2007) |
Childhood lead poisoning prevention |
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% of children with blood lead levels ≥10 μg/dL |
8-11. Children aged 1--5 years with blood lead levels ≥10 μg/dL |
From 4.4% (1991--1994) to level too small for reliable measurement (2005--2008) |
Public health preparedness and response |
No related Healthy People 2010 objectives |
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Source: DATA2010 (Healthy People 2010 database). Available at http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010. * Most recent data available. The Healthy People 2010 Final Review will be published in fall 2011; data presented in this table might not be final. † Additional information available at http://wonder.cdc.gov/data2010. |
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