15-21.
Increase the proportion of motorcyclists using helmets.
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15-21. | |
Increase the proportion of motorcyclists using helmets. |
Target: 79 percent.
Baseline: 67 percent of motorcycle operators and passengers used helmets in 1998.
Target setting method: 18 percent improvement. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)
Data sources: National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS), DOT, NHTSA; Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.
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Helmet Use |
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Percent |
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TOTAL |
67 |
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Race and ethnicity |
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|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DNC |
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Asian or Pacific Islander |
DNC |
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Asian |
DNC |
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Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
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Black or African American |
DNC |
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White |
DNC |
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|
|
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Hispanic or Latino |
DNC |
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Not Hispanic or Latino |
DNC |
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Black or African American |
DNC |
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White |
DNC |
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Gender |
|
|
Female |
DNC |
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Male |
DNC |
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Education level |
|
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Less than high school |
DNC |
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High school graduate |
DNC |
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At least some college |
DNC |
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Select populations |
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9th through 12th grade students |
62 (1999) |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.