Progress Toward Healthy People 2010 Targets

The following discussion highlights objectives that met or exceeded their 2010 targets; moved toward the targets, demonstrated no change, or moved away from the targets; and those that lacked data to assess progress. Progress is illustrated in the Progress Quotient bar chart (see Figure 23-1), which displays the percent of targeted change achieved for objectives and subobjectives with sufficient data to assess progress. Data were available to measure progress for two objectives. Timely release of data for objectives (23-7) moved toward its target. The use of geocoding in health data systems (23-3) showed no change (see Figure 23-1 for the Progress Quotient).

Objectives that met or exceeded their targets. No objectives in this focus area met or exceeded their targets.

Objectives that moved toward their targets. Timely release of data for objectives (23-7) calls for an increase in the proportion of Healthy People 2010 objectives measured by major data systems that released data within 1 year of the end of data collection. In 2000, data for 36 percent of the objectives and subobjectives measured by major data systems were released within 1 year of the end of data collection. Reporting improved by 2004, when 62 percent of all data that tracked Healthy People 2010 objectives was released within 1 year of collection, achieving 41 percent of the targeted change.

Objectives that demonstrated no change. The use of geocoding in major health data systems (23-3) remained static, with 50 percent of major health data systems using geocoding⁴ in both 2000 and 2004.

Objectives that moved away from their targets. No objectives in this focus area moved away from their targets.

Objectives that could not be assessed. Progress on 15 objectives could not be assessed because of insufficient data. Of these, three objectives were deleted because data were unavailable (23-1, 23-5, and 23-6). Five objectives became measurable and are anticipated to have data for trend assessment by the end of the decade (23-10, 23-11, 23-13, 23-14, and 23-15). Seven were retained as developmental, with data for assessment anticipated by the end of the decade (23-2, 23-4, 23-6, 23-8, 23-9, 23-12, and 23-17).

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