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1-3.

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Increase the proportion of persons appropriately counseled about health behaviors.

Target and baseline:

Objective

Increase in Counseling on Health
Behaviors Among Persons at Risk With a Physician Visit in the Past Year

1995
Baseline

2010
Target

Percent

1-3a.

Physical activity or exercise (adults aged 18 years and older)

Developmental

1-3b.

Diet and nutrition (adults aged 18 years and older)

Developmental

1-3c.

Smoking cessation (adult smokers aged 18 years and older)

Developmental

1-3d.

Reduced alcohol consumption (adults aged 18 years and older with excessive alcohol consumption)

Developmental

1-3e.

Childhood injury prevention: vehicle restraints and bicycle helmets
(children aged 17 years and under)

Developmental

1-3f.

Unintended pregnancy (females aged 15 to 44 years)

19

50

1-3g.

Prevention of sexually transmitted
diseases (males aged 15 to 49 years; females aged 15 to 44 years)

Developmental

1-3h.

Management of menopause (females aged 46 to 56 years)

Developmental

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data sources: National Survey on Family Growth (NSFG), CDC, NCHS; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.

Females Aged 15 to 44 Years With a
Physician Visit in the Past Year, 1995

1-3f.
Counseled About
Unintended Pregnancy

Percent

TOTAL

19

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

DSU

Asian or Pacific Islander

DSU

Asian

DNC

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DNC

Black or African American

24

White

19

 

Hispanic or Latino

20

Not Hispanic or Latino

DNA

Black or African American

24

White

19

Education level (females aged 22 to 44 years)

Less than high school

15

High school graduate

20

At least some college

19

Sexual orientation

DNC

Select populations

Age groups

15 to 24 years

22

25 to 34 years

23

35 to 44 years

10

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.