15-1.
Reduce hospitalization for nonfatal head injuries.
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15-1. | |
Reduce hospitalization for nonfatal head injuries. |
Target: 45 hospitalizations per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 60.6 hospitalizations for nonfatal head injuries per 100,000 population occurred in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Hospitalizations for |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
60.6 |
|
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 |
58.4 |
|
White |
46.0 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
DSU |
|
White |
DSU |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
42.8 |
|
Male |
77.9 |
|
Education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
DNC |
|
High school graduate |
DNC |
|
At least some college |
DNC |
|
Select populations |
Males aged 15 to 24 years (not age adjusted) |
117.6 |
|
Persons
aged 75 years and older (not age |
174.9 |
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.