NO CHANGE IN OBJECTIVE
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19-12.
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Reduce iron deficiency among young children and females of childbearing age.
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Target and baseline:
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Objective
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Reduction in Iron Deficiency*
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1988—94
Baseline
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2010
Target
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Percent
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19-12a.
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Children aged 1 to 2 years
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9
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5
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19-12b.
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Children aged 3 to 4 years
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4
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1
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19-12c.
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Nonpregnant females aged 12 to 49 years
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11
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7
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*Iron deficiency is defined as having abnormal results for two or more of the following tests: serum ferritin concentration, erythrocyte protoporphyrin, or transferrin saturation. Refer to Tracking Healthy People 2010 for threshold values.
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Target setting method: Better than the best.
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Data
source
: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.
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