28-12.
Reduce otitis media in children and adolescents.
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28-12. | |
Reduce otitis media in children and adolescents. |
Target: 294 visits per 1,000 children and adolescents under age 18 years.
Baseline: 344.7 visits per 1,000 children and adolescents under age 18 years were for otitis media in 1997.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data sources: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), CDC, NCHS; National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Children
and Adolescents Under Age |
Visits
for |
|
Rate per 1,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
344.7 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
294.9 |
|
White |
369.1 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
DSU |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
321.8 |
|
Male |
366.5 |
|
Age |
|
|
Under 3 years |
1,160.4 |
|
3 to 5 years |
456.6 |
|
6 to 17 years |
113.8 |
|
Family income level |
|
|
Poor |
DNC |
|
Near poor |
DNC |
|
Middle/high income |
DNC |
|
Disability status |
|
|
Persons with activity limitations |
DNC |
|
Persons without activity limitations |
DNC |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.