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Reduce stroke deaths.

Target: 48 deaths per 100,000 population.

Baseline: 60 deaths from stroke per 100,000 population occurred in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Target setting method: 20 percent improvement.

Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.

Total Population, 1998

Stroke Deaths

Rate per 100,000

TOTAL

60

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

38

Asian or Pacific Islander

51

Asian

DNC

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DNC

Black or African American

80

White

58

 

Hispanic or Latino

39

Not Hispanic or Latino

60

Black or African American

82

White

58

Gender

Female

58

Male

60

Education level (aged 25 to 64 years)

Less than high school

22

High school graduate

17

At least some college

8

Disability status

Persons with disabilities

DNC

Persons without disabilities

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.