8-18.
Increase the proportion of persons who live in homes tested for radon concentrations.
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8-18. | |
Increase the proportion of persons who live in homes tested for radon concentrations. |
Target: 20 percent.
Baseline: 17 percent of the population lived in homes in 1998 that had been tested for radon (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Persons Living in Homes Tested for Radon |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
17 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
19 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
17 |
|
Asian |
17 |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
17 |
|
Black or African American |
18 |
|
White |
17 |
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
14 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
17 |
|
Black or African American |
18 |
|
White |
17 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
17 |
|
Male |
17 |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
15 |
|
Near poor |
12 |
|
Middle/high income |
18 |
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.