15-7.
Reduce nonfatal poisonings.
| | |
15-7. | |
Reduce nonfatal poisonings. |
Target: 292 nonfatal poisonings per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 348.4 nonfatal poisonings per 100,000 population occurred in 1997 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1997 (unless noted) |
Nonfatal Poisonings |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
348.4 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
464.5 |
|
White |
340.6 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
DSU |
|
White |
DSU |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
410.9 |
|
Male |
281.6 |
|
Education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
DNC |
|
High school graduate |
DNC |
|
At least some college |
DNC |
|
Select types of poisonings (not age adjusted) |
|
|
Assault or attempted homicides |
6.0 (1996) |
|
Intentional suicide attempts |
63.0 (1996) |
|
Unintentional poisonings |
268.0 (1996) |
|
Select populations(not age adjusted) |
|
|
Children aged 4 years and under |
460.0 |
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.