21-7.
Increase the proportion of adults who, in the past 12 months, report having had an examination to detect oral and pharyngeal cancers.
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21-7. | |
Increase the proportion of adults who, in the past 12 months, report having had an examination to detect oral and pharyngeal cancers. |
Target: 20 percent.
Baseline: 13 percent of adults aged 40 years and older reported having had an oral and pharyngeal cancer examination in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Adults Aged 40 Years and Older, 1998 |
Oral and |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
13 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
12 |
|
Asian |
12 |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
7 |
|
White |
14 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
6 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
14 |
|
Black or African American |
7 |
|
White |
15 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
14 |
|
Male |
13 |
|
Education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
5 |
|
High school graduate |
10 |
|
At least some college |
19 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Data age adjusted to the year 2000 standard
population.