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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
(not age adjusted)

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.