26-3.
Reduce drug-induced deaths.
| | |
26-3. | |
Reduce drug-induced deaths. |
Target: 1.0 death per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 6.3 drug-induced deaths 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.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Drug-Induced Deaths |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
6.3 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
7.0 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
1.2 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
8.8 |
|
White |
6.1 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
6.2 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
6.2 |
|
Black or African American |
9.1 |
|
White |
6.0 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
3.9 |
|
Male |
8.6 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
19.1 |
|
High school graduate |
14.6 |
|
At least some college |
5.3 |
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.