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IID-3 Data Details

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IID-3 Reduce meningococcal disease

About the Data

Description of the data source, numerator, denominator, survey questions, and other relevant details about the national estimate.

Data Source:

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

Changed Since the Healthy People 2020 Launch:

Yes

Measure:

number

Baseline (Year):

1,215 (2004–08)

Target:

1,094

Target-Setting Method:

10 percent improvement

Numerator:

Number of new laboratory-confirmed meningococcal disease cases reported in past 12 months

Comparable Healthy People 2010 Objective:

Adapted from HP2010 objective

Data Collection Frequency:

Annual

Methodology Notes:

Estimates represent the mean number of Confirmed, Probable, and Unknown cases of meningococcal disease reported to NNDSS during the relevant data years. Only cases with known sex and race/ethnicity are included for sex and race/ethnicity estimates.

A case definition for laboratory-confirmed cases of meningococcal disease is available from CDC. Estimates are a five-year moving average of confirmed and probable cases of meningococcal disease reported to the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS).

Caveats and Limitations:

Race/Ethnicity: Only those cases with known Race and Ethnicity are included.

Changes Between HP2010 and HP2020:

This objective differs from Healthy People 2010 objective 14-07 in that the measure was revised from a rate per 100,000 population to a count.

Revision History

Any change to the objective text, baseline, target, target-setting method or data source since the Healthy People 2020 launch.

Description of Changes Since the Healthy People 2020 Launch:

In 2013, the measure for this objective was changed from a rate per 100,000 population to the number of cases because reports of meningococcal disease occur relatively infrequently. The baseline and baseline years were revised from 0.3 cases per 100,000 (2004-2006) to 1,215 cases (2004-2008). The target was adjusted accordingly from 0.3 cases per 100,000 to 1,094 cases to reflect the revised baseline using the original target-setting method. In 2014, this measure was revised from a rate to a count. Therefore, the denominator "U.S. Population" was removed.

References

Additional resources about the objective

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Case definitions for infectious conditions under public health surveillance. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 46 (RR-10), 1997. (See reference for updated case definitions.)
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047449.htm

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