15-24. Increase the number of States and the District of Columbia with laws requiring bicycle helmets for bicycle riders.

Operational Definition


National Data Source:

National Safe Kids Campaign.

State Data Source:

Not identified. .

Healthy People 2000 Objective:

9.24 (Unintentional Injuries).

Measure:

Number.

Baseline:

10 (1999).

Numerator:

Number of States and the District of Columbia with bicycle helmet laws.

Denominator:

Not applicable.

Population Targeted:

Not applicable.

Questions Used To Obtain the National Data:

Not applicable.

Expected Periodicity:

Annual.

Comments:

This objective differs from Healthy People 2000 objective 9.24, in that the laws counted apply to the entire State; objective 9.24 included some data for which only parts of States (counties) were covered. .

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