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Leading Health Indicator 10 (continued)


Objectives Selected to Measure Nutrition Indicator

Florida Objectives Healthy People 2010 Similar Objective (5, 19)
FL 16-19      Increase the proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies

Percent
2000 Baseline
Target
16-19a     In early postpartum period
69
75
16-19b    At 6 months
29
50
16-19c    At 1 year
N/A
25

Data Source: Mothers' Survey, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Ross Products Division

Note: The 12 month figure for 2000 was not available. For the South East region, 15.4% of women continued breastfeeding at 12 months.
HP 16-19     Increase the proportion of mothers who breastfeed their babies

Percent
1998 Baseline
Target
16-19a     In early postpartum period
64
75
16-19b     At 6 months
29
50
16-19c     At 1 year
16
25

Data Source: Mothers' Survey, Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Ross Products Division
FL 16-15     Reduce the occurrence of spina bifida and other neural tube defects (NTDs)
Per 10,000 live births
1998 Baseline
Target
16-15a     Neural tube defects (n=416)
21.3
12.0
16-19b     Spina bifida without anencephalus (n=71)
3.6
1.8
16-19c     anencephalus (n=11)
0.6
0.3

Data Source: Florida Birth Defects Registry
HP 16-15     Reduce the occurrence of spina bifida and other neural tube defects (NTDs)
  • Target: 3 new cases per 10,000 live births
  • Baseline: 6 new cases of spina bifida or another NTD per 10,000 live births occurred in 1996
Data Source: National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN), CDC, NCEH
FL 19-5     Increase high school students' consumption of five or more fruits and vegetables per day
  • Target: 50%
  • Baseline: 26.3% (males 30% and females 23%) consumed 5 or more vegetables and fruit daily in 1999
Data Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
HP 19-5     Increase the proportion of persons aged 2 years and older who consume at least two daily servings of fruit.
  • Target: 75 percent
  • Baseline: 28 percent of persons aged 2 years and older consumed at least two daily servings of fruit in 1994–96 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Child by age Baseline
Female
Male
2 years and older
26
29
2 to 5 years (not age adjusted)
43
46
6 to 11 years (not age adjusted)
26
27
12 to 19 years (not age adjusted)
23
22
FL 19-5     Increase high school students' daily intake of vegetables and fruit

Continued…
HP 19-6     Increase the proportion of persons aged 2 years and older who consume at least three daily servings of vegetables, with at least one-third being dark green or orange vegetables
  • Target: 50 percent
  • Baseline: 3 percent of persons aged 2 years and older consumed at least three daily servings of vegetables, with at least one-third of these servings being dark green or orange vegetables in 1994–96

Vegetable Servings 3 or more 1/3 or more Orange or Dark Green
 
Female
Male
Female
Male
2 years and older
41
57
10
7
2 to 5 years
23
23
9
8
6 to 11 years
24
27
7
6
12 to 19 years
38
55
7
4

Data Source: Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) (2-day average), USDA
FL 19-11     Increase high school students' daily intake of calcium
  • Target:50%
  • Baseline: 15% (Males 22% and Females 8%) consumed 3 or more glasses of milk daily in 1999
Data Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
HP 19-11     Increase the proportion of persons aged 2 years and older who meet dietary recommendations for calcium
  • Target: 75 percent
  • Baseline: 46 percent of persons aged 2 years and older were at or above … in 1988–94 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population)
Child by age Baseline
Female
Male
2 years and older
36
56
2 to 8 years (not age adjusted)
79
89
9 to 19 years (not age adjusted)
19
52

Data Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
Note: Five objectives were selected to measure progress in the leading indicator – Nutrition for Children and Youth in Florida. These do not include all the child and youth health indicators for Nutrition. More objectives can be found in the Focus Area 19.



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