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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.
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Target: 95 percent.
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Baseline: 90 percent of adults aged 18 years and older had their blood pressure measured in the past 2 years and could state whether it was normal or high in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
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Target setting method: Better than the best.
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Data
source
: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS.
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