15-27.
Reduce deaths from falls.
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15-27. | |
Reduce deaths from falls. |
Target: 3.0 deaths per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 4.7 deaths per 100,000 population were caused by falls 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 |
Deaths From Falls |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
4.7 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
4.4 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
3.4 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
3.1 |
|
White |
4.9 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
3.7 |
|
Cuban |
3.3 |
|
Mexican |
3.6 |
|
Puerto Rican |
3.4 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
4.7 |
|
Black or African American |
3.2 |
|
White |
4.9 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
3.5 |
|
Male |
6.4 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
2.9 |
|
High school graduate |
2.4 |
|
At least some college |
1.2 |
|
Select populations |
|
|
Persons aged 65 to 84 years |
17.2 |
|
Persons aged 85 years and older |
107.9 |
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.