19-4.
Reduce growth retardation among low-income children under age 5 years.
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19-4. | |
Reduce growth retardation among low-income children under age 5 years. |
Target: 5 percent.
Baseline: 8 percent of low-income children under age 5 years were growth retarded in 1997 (defined as height for age below the fifth percentile in the age-gender appropriate population using the 1977 NCHS/CDC growth charts;[31] preliminary data; not age adjusted).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System, CDC, NCCDPHP.
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Low-Income Children Under Age 5 Years, 1997 |
Growth Retardation |
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19-4. |
Under Age |
Aged |
Aged |
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Percent |
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TOTAL |
8 |
10 |
9 |
6 |
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Race and ethnicity |
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American Indian or Alaska |
8 |
9 |
7 |
9 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
9 |
9 |
11 |
8 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
|
White |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
|
|
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Hispanic or Latino |
7 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
9 |
15 |
10 |
5 |
|
White |
8 |
10 |
9 |
6 |
|
Gender |
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Female |
8 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
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Male |
8 |
10 |
10 |
6 |
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Disability status |
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Children with disabilities |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
|
Children without disabilities |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Preliminary data; not age adjusted.
*Data for specific age groups under 5 years are displayed to
further characterize the issue.