| Florida Objectives |
Healthy People 2010 Similar Objective
(28,
29) |
FL 8-11 Eliminate elevated blood lead levels in children
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Target: Zero percent of children less than 72 months
found positive with elevated blood levels exceeding 10 ėg/dL
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Baseline: 1263 or 3.4 % of children less than 72 months
old who were screened were found to be positive in 1999
Data Source:
Florida Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Epidemiology.
Note: Only 2.3 percent of all 0 to 7-year-olds were screened.
Screening is targeted in known high-risk areas. Efforts are underway to
increase the number screened.
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HP 8-11 Eliminate elevated blood lead levels in
children
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Target: Zero percent
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Baseline: 4.4% of children aged 1 to 6 years had blood
lead levels exceeding 10 ėg/dL during 1991-94
Data Source:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS
|
FL 24-2a Reduce Asthma hospitalizations for children and
youth
|
Rate per 10,000 |
Target |
Baseline |
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Under age 1 |
31 |
56.7 |
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1 to 4 |
31 |
51.9 |
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5 to 9 |
10 |
18.2 |
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10 to 14 |
10 |
13.5 |
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15 to 19 |
5 |
6.6 |
|
20 to 24 |
5 |
5.5 |
Data Source: National Hospital Discharge Data,
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA)
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HP 24-2a,b Reduce hospitalizations for asthma
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Rate per 10,000 |
Target |
Baseline (1998) |
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HP 24-2a Children under age 5 |
25 |
45.6 |
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HP24-2b Children and adults 5 to 64 yrs |
7.7 |
12.5 |
Data Source:
National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), CDC, NCHS
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FL 24-2d Reduce Asthma rehospitalizations for
children and youth
|
Rate per 10,000 |
Target |
Baseline |
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Under age 1 |
2.25 |
4.51 |
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1 to 4 |
0.78 |
1.57 |
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5 to 9 |
0.59 |
1.19 |
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10 to 14 |
0.33 |
0.66 |
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15 to 19 |
0.25 |
0.47 |
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20 to 24 |
0.25 |
0.40 |
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Data Source:
Hospital Discharge Data, Florida Agency for Health Care
Administration (AHCA) for numbers . Florida Vital Statistics mid-year
population data was used to compute rates.
Note: 50% reduction for 0 to 14 year olds and a 25% reduction for 15 to 24
year olds
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