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Baseline:
178.4 cancer deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
160.6 deaths per 100,000 population
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Vital Statistics System–Mortality (NVSS–M), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
50.6 lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
45.5 deaths per 100,000 population
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Vital Statistics System–Mortality (NVSS–M), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
22.9 female breast cancer deaths per 100,000 females occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
20.6 deaths per 100,000 females
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Vital Statistics System–Mortality (NVSS–M), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
2.4 uterine cervix cancer deaths per 100,000 females occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
2.2 deaths per 100,000 females
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Vital Statistics System–Mortality (NVSS–M), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
17.0 colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
14.5 deaths per 100,000 population
Target-Setting Method:
Projection/trend analysis
Data Source:
National Vital Statistics System–Mortality (NVSS–M), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
2.5 oropharyngeal cancer deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
2.3 deaths per 100,000 population
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Vital Statistics System–Mortality (NVSS–M), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
23.5 prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 males occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
21.2 deaths per 100,000 males
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Vital Statistics System–Mortality (NVSS–M), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
2.7 melanoma cancer deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
2.4 deaths per 100,000 population
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Vital Statistics System–Mortality (NVSS–M), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
45.4 new cases of invasive colorectal cancer per 100,000 population were reported in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
38.6 new cases per 100,000 population
Target-Setting Method:
Projection/trend analysis
Data Sources:
National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), CDC, NCCDPHP; Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, NIH, NCI
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Baseline:
7.9 new cases of invasive uterine cancer per 100,000 females were reported in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
7.1 new cases per 100,000 females
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Sources:
National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), CDC, NCCDPHP; Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, NIH, NCI
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Baseline:
43.2 new cases of late-stage breast cancer per 100,000 females were reported in 2007 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
41.0 new cases per 100,000 females
Target-Setting Method:
Projection/trend analysis
Data Sources:
National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), CDC, NCCDPHP; Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, NIH, NCI
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Baseline:
42 states had central, population-based registries that captured case information on at least 95 percent of the expected number of reportable cancers in 2006
Target:
51 (50 States and the District of Columbia)
Target-Setting Method:
Total coverage
Data Sources:
National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), CDC, NCCDPHP; Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, NIH, NCI
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Baseline:
66.2 percent of persons with cancer were living 5 years or longer after diagnosis in 2007
Target:
72.8 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, NIH, NCI
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Potential Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
Baseline:
84.5 percent of females aged 21 to 65 years received a cervical cancer screening
based on the most recent guidelines in 2008 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
93.0 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
52.1 percent of adults aged 50 to 75 years received a colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines in 2008 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
70.5 percent
Target-Setting Method:
Projection/trend analysis
Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
73.7 percent of females aged 50 to 74 years received a breast cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines in 2008 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
81.1 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
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C-18 Increase the proportion of adults who were counseled about cancer screening consistent with current guidelines
Baseline:
69.8 percent of females aged 50 to 74 years were counseled by their providers about
mammograms in 2008 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
76.8 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
59.8 percent of females aged 21 to 65 years were counseled by their providers about
Pap tests in 2008 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
65.8 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
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Potential Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), NCHS, CDC
Potential Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
C-20 Increase the proportion of persons who participate in behaviors that reduce their exposure to harmful ultraviolet (UV) irradiation and avoid sunburn
Potential Data Source:
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP
Potential Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
Baseline:
15.6 percent of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 reported using artificial sources of ultraviolet light for tanning in 2009
Target:
14.0 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP
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Baseline:
15.2 percent of adults aged 18 and older reported using artificial sources of ultraviolet light for tanning in 2008 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
13.7 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
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Baseline:
9.3 percent of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 followed protective measures that may reduce the risk of skin cancer in 2009
Target:
11.2 percent
Target-Setting Method:
Minimal statistical significance
Data Source:
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP
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Baseline:
72.8 percent of adults aged 18 years and older followed protective measures that may reduce the risk of skin cancer in 2008 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Target:
80.1 percent
Target-Setting Method:
10 percent improvement
Data Source:
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC, NCHS
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