28-4.
Reduce blindness and visual impairment in children and adolescents aged 17 years and under.
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28-4. | |
Reduce blindness and visual impairment in children and adolescents aged 17 years and under. |
Target: 20 per 1,000 children and adolescents aged 17 years and under.
Baseline: 25 per 1,000 children and adolescents aged 17 years and under were blind or visually impaired in 1997.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
Children and Adolescents
Aged |
Blindness and Visual |
|
Rate per 1,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
25 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
27 |
|
White |
24 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
23 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
25 |
|
Black or African American |
27 |
|
White |
25 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
24 |
|
Male |
26 |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
39 |
|
Near poor |
30 |
|
Middle/high income |
20 |
|
Disability status |
|
|
Persons with disabilities |
92 |
|
Persons without disabilities |
19 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.