24-1.
Reduce asthma deaths.
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24-1. | |
Reduce asthma deaths. |
Target and baseline:
|
Objective |
Age Group |
1998 Baseline |
2010 Target |
|
Rate per Million |
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|
24-1a. |
Children under age 5 years |
2.1 |
1.0 |
| 24-1b. |
Children aged 5 to 14 years |
3.3 |
1.0 |
|
24-1c. |
Adolescents and adults aged 15 to 34 years |
5.0 |
2.0 |
|
24-1d. |
Adults aged 35 to 64 years |
17.8 |
9.0 |
|
24-1e. |
Adults aged 65 years and older |
86.3 |
60.0 |
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Select Age Groups, 1998 |
Asthma Deaths |
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|
24-1a. |
24-1b. |
24-1c. |
24-1d. |
24-1e. |
|
|
Rate per Million |
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|
TOTAL |
2.1 |
3.3 |
5.0 |
17.8 |
86.3 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
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|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
DSU |
DSU |
12.8 |
136.9 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
|
Black
or African |
8.1 |
9.7 |
16.6 |
52.3 |
130.4 |
|
White |
DSU |
2.0 |
3.0 |
13.3 |
81.1 |
|
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|
Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
DSU |
3.7 |
16.4 |
84.5 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
2.1 |
3.5 |
6.9 |
17.8 |
86.2 |
|
Black or African American |
8.3 |
10.3 |
21.9 |
54.0 |
133.5 |
|
White |
DSU |
2.0 |
3.9 |
12.8 |
80.6 |
|
Gender |
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|
Female |
1.4 |
2.7 |
4.3 |
22.3 |
99.1 |
|
Male |
2.8 |
4.0 |
5.7 |
13.0 |
68.1 |
|
Education (aged 25 to 64 years) |
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|
Less than high school |
NA |
NA |
10.0* |
31.0 |
NA |
|
High school graduate |
NA |
NA |
11.4* |
22.9 |
NA |
|
At least some college |
NA |
NA |
3.9* |
9.3 |
NA |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable. NA = Not applicable.
*Data are for persons aged 25 to 34 years.