10-5


10-5.		Increase the proportion of consumers who follow key food safety practices.

Target: 79 percent.

Baseline: 72 percent of consumers followed key food safety practices in 1998, based on total population of adults who engaged in the practice.

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: Food Safety Survey (FSS), FDA and FSIS, USDA.

Adult Population, 1998	Followed Key Food Safety Practices
Adult Population, 1998	Percent
TOTAL	72
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	70
White	73

Hispanic or Latino	DSU
Not Hispanic or Latino	72
Black or African American	DSU
White	DSU
Gender
Female	75
Male	69
Family income level (annual)
Less than $10,000	DSU
$10,000 to $19,999	72
$20,000 and above	72
Education level (aged 18 years and older)
Less than high school	DSU
High school graduate	74
At least some college	72
Disability status
Persons with disabilities	DNC
Persons without disabilities	DNC
Select populations
Children under age 5 years in household
No	72
Yes	73
Age groups
18 to 59 years	72
60 years and older	75

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Adjusted to 1993 census proportions on gender, race, and education.