7-12.
Increase the proportion of older adults who have participated during the preceding year in at least one organized health promotion activity.
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7-12. | |
Increase the proportion of older adults who have participated during the preceding year in at least one organized health promotion activity. |
Target: 90 percent.
Baseline: 12 percent of adults aged 65 years and older participated during the preceding year in at least one organized health promotion activity in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Adults Aged 65 Years and Older, 1998 (unless noted) |
Participated
in at Least One Health Promotion Activity in |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
12 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
22 |
|
Asian |
22 |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
8 |
|
White |
12 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
8 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
12 |
|
Black or African American |
8 |
|
White |
12 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
13 |
|
Male |
10 |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
8 |
|
Near Poor |
9 |
|
Middle/high income |
16 |
|
Education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
6 |
|
High school |
10 |
|
At least some college |
20 |
|
Disability status |
|
|
Persons with activity limitations |
10 (1995) |
|
Persons without activity limitations |
12 (1995) |
|
Sexual orientation |
DNC |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.