15-13.
Reduce deaths caused by unintentional injuries.
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15-13. | |
Reduce deaths caused by unintentional injuries. |
Target: 17.5 deaths per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 35.0 deaths per 100,000 population were caused by unintentional injuries 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 |
Unintentional Injury Deaths |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
35.0 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
59.9 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
17.6 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
39.5 |
|
White |
34.8 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
30.2 |
|
Cuban |
22.5 |
|
Mexican |
32.1 |
|
Puerto Rican |
28.8 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
35.1 |
|
Black or African American |
40.7 |
|
White |
34.6 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
22.1 |
|
Male |
49.4 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
54.5 |
|
High school graduate |
41.5 |
|
At least some college |
17.4 |
|
Select populations |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native males |
83.6 |
|
Black or African American males |
60.8 |
|
Hispanic males |
46.2 |
|
White males |
48.7 |
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.