NO CHANGE IN OBJECTIVE
(Data updated and footnoted)
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3-6.
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Reduce the oropharyngeal cancer death rate.
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Target: 2.41 deaths per 100,000 population.
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Baseline: 2.72 oropharyngeal cancer deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 19992 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
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Target setting method: 10 percent improvement.
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Data
source
: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
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1 (Target revised from 2.7 because of baseline revision after November 2000 publication)
2 (Baseline and baseline year revised from 3.0 and 1998 after November 2000 publication)
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