Public Comment - Healthy People 2020

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Objectives Retained As Is From Healthy People 2010
HDS HP2020–1:	Reduce coronary heart disease deaths.
HDS HP2020–2:	Increase the proportion of eligible patients with heart attacks who receive timely artery-opening therapy from symptom onset.
HDS HP2020–3:	Reduce stroke deaths.
HDS HP2020–4:	Increase the proportion of adults with high blood pressure whose blood pressure is under control.
HDS HP2020–5:	Increase the proportion of adults who have had their blood pressure measured within the preceding 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high.
HDS HP2020–6:	Reduce the mean total blood cholesterol levels among adults.
HDS HP2020–7:	Reduce the proportion of adults with high total blood cholesterol levels.
HDS HP2020–8:	Increase the proportion of adults who have had their blood cholesterol checked within the preceding 5 years.

Objectives Retained But Modified From Healthy People 2010
HDS HP2020–9:	Increase the proportion of adults aged 20 years and older who are aware of and respond to early warning symptoms and signs of a stroke.
HDS HP2020–10:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in which appropriate bystander and emergency medical services (EMS) were administered.
HDS HP2020–11:	(Developmental) Reduce hospitalizations of older adults with heart failure as the principal diagnosis.
HDS HP2020–12:	Increase the proportion of adults aged 20 years and older who are aware of, and respond to, early warning symptoms and signs of a heart attack.
HDS HP2020–13:	Reduce the proportion of persons in the population with hypertension.
HDS HP2020–14:	Increase the proportion of adults with prehypertension who meet the recommended guidelines for:
HDS HP2020–15:	Increase the proportion of adults with hypertension who meet the recommended guidelines for:
HDS HP2020–16:	Increase the proportion of persons with coronary heart disease who have their low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level at or below recommended levels.

Objectives New to Healthy People 2020
HDS HP2020–17:	(Developmental) Increase overall cardiovascular health in the U.S. population.
HDS HP2020–18:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of adults with hypertension who are taking the recommended medications to lower their blood pressure.
HDS HP2020–19:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of adults with elevated LDL cholesterol who have been advised by a health care provider to:
HDS HP2020–20:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of adults with elevated LDL cholesterol who meet the recommended guidelines for:
HDS HP2020–21:	(Developmental) Reduce incidence rates for heart disease and stroke.
HDS HP2020–22:	Increase 30-day survival rates following first occurrence of heart disease and stroke.
HDS HP2020–23:	(Developmental) Reduce the recurrence rates among survivors of heart disease and stroke.

Objectives Archived From Healthy People 2010 Archived objectives are Healthy People 2010 objectives that are not included in the proposed set of Healthy People 2020 objectives for data, target or policy reasons.
HP2010 12-5:	(Developmental) Increase the proportion of eligible persons with witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who receive their first therapeutic electrical shock within 6 minutes after collapse recognition.


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