15-29. | Reduce drownings. |
Target: 0.9 drownings per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 1.6 drownings per 100,000 population occurred 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, CPSC.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Drownings |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
1.6 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
3.1 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
1.5 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
2.3 |
|
White |
1.5 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
1.5 |
|
Cuban |
DSU |
|
Mexican |
1.5 |
|
Puerto Rican |
1.0 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
1.6 |
|
Black or African American |
2.4 |
|
White |
1.5 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
0.6 |
|
Male |
2.7 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
2.6 |
|
High school graduate |
1.7 |
|
At least some college |
0.9 |
|
Geographic location |
|
|
Urban (metropolitan statistical area) |
1.4 |
|
Rural (nonmetropolitan statistical area) |
2.1 |
|
Select populations |
|
|
Males aged 15 to 34 years (not age adjusted) |
3.4 |
|
Black or African American males |
4.2 |
|
Age groups |
|
|
Children aged 4 years and younger |
2.9 |
|
Adolescents aged 10 to 14 years |
1.0 |
|
Adolescents aged 15 to 19 years |
2.2 |
|
Young adults aged 20 to 24 years |
2.2 |
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.