15-8.
Reduce deaths caused by poisonings.
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15-8. | |
Reduce deaths caused by poisonings. |
Target: 1.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 6.8 deaths per 100,000 population were caused by poisonings in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Poisoning Deaths |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
6.8 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
8.1 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
1.6 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
7.9 |
|
White |
6.9 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
5.9 |
|
Cuban |
4.3 |
|
Mexican |
5.1 |
|
Puerto Rican |
12.0 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
6.8 |
|
Black or African American |
8.2 |
|
White |
6.9 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
4.1 |
|
Male |
9.6 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
18.5 |
|
High school graduate |
15.2 |
|
At least some college |
6.2 |
|
Select poisoning deaths |
|
|
Unintentional deaths |
4.0 |
|
Suicides |
1.9 |
|
Homicides |
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.
*Value is greater than zero but less than 0.05.