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Number Objective 1 - 23 of  23
3-1 Reduce the overall cancer death rate.
3-2 Reduce the lung cancer death rate.
3-3 Reduce the breast cancer death rate.
3-4 Reduce the death rate from cancer of the uterine cervix.
3-5 Reduce the colorectal cancer death rate.
3-6 Reduce the oropharyngeal cancer death rate.
3-7 Reduce the prostate cancer death rate.
3-8 Reduce the rate of melanoma cancer deaths.
3-9 Increase the proportion of persons who use at least one of the following protective measures that may reduce the risk of skin cancer: avoid the sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., wear sun-protective clothing when exposed to sunlight, use sunscreen with a sun-protective factor (SPF) of 15 or higher, and avoid artificial sources of ultraviolet light.
3-10 Increase the proportion of physicians and dentists who counsel their at-risk patients about tobacco use cessation, physical activity, and cancer screening.
3-11 Increase the proportion of women who receive a Pap test.
3-12 Increase the proportion of adults who receive a colorectal cancer screening examination.
3-13 Increase the proportion of women aged 40 years and older who have received a mammogram within the preceding 2 years.
3-14 Increase the number of States that have a statewide population-based cancer registry that captures case information on at least 95 percent of the expected number of reportable cancers.
3-15 Increase the proportion of cancer survivors who are living 5 years or longer after diagnosis.
7-11 Increase the proportion of local health departments that have established culturally appropriate and linguistically competent community health promotion and disease prevention programs.
8-27 Increase or maintain the number of Territories, Tribes, and States, and the District of Columbia that monitor diseases or conditions that can be caused by exposure to environmental hazards.
14-29 Increase the proportion of adults who are vaccinated annually against influenza and ever vaccinated against pneumococcal disease.
19-1 Increase the proportion of adults who are at a healthy weight.
19-2 Reduce the proportion of adults who are obese.
21-6 Increase the proportion of oral and pharyngeal cancers detected at the earliest stage.
21-7 Increase the proportion of adults who, in the past 12 months, report having had an examination to detect oral and pharyngeal cancers.
22-1 Reduce the proportion of adults who engage in no leisure-time physical activity.