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24-1. Deaths from asthma

Asthma

NO CHANGE IN OBJECTIVE
(Data updated and footnoted)
24-1. Reduce asthma deaths.
Target and baseline:
Objective Age Group 19991 Baseline 2010 Target
Rate per Million
24-1a. Children under age 5 years 1.72 0.93
24-1b. Children aged 5 to 14 years 3.14 0.95
24-1c. Adolescents and adults aged 15 to 34 years 5.66 1.97
24-1d. Adults aged 35 to 64 years 15.58 8.09
24-1e. Adults aged 65 years and older 69.510 47.011
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source : National Vital Statistics System–Mortality (NVSS–M),12 CDC, NCHS.
1 (Baseline year revised from 1998 after November 2000 publication)
2 (Baseline revised from 2.1 after November 2000 publication)
3 (Target revised from 1.0 because of baseline revision after November 2000 publication)
4 (Baseline revised from 3.3 after November 2000 publication)
5 (Target revised from 1.0 because of baseline revision after November 2000 publication)
6 (Baseline revised from 5.0 after November 2000 publication)
7 (Target revised from 2.0 because of baseline revision after November 2000 publication)
8 (Baseline revised from 17.8 after November 2000 publication)
9 (Target revised from 9.0 because of baseline revision after November 2000 publication)
10 (Baseline revised from 86.3 after November 2000 publication)
11 (Target revised from 60.0 because of baseline revision after November 2000 publication)
12 (Name of data source changed from National Vital Statistics System [NVSS] after November 2000 publication)

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