National Data Source:

National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.

State Data Source:

National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.

Healthy People 2000 Objective:

9.4 (Unintentional Injuries), age adjusted to 2000 standard population.

Measure:

Rate per 100,000 population (age adjusted—see Comments).

Baseline:

4.7 (1998).

Numerator:

Number of unintentional deaths from falls (ICD-9 codes E880-E886, E888).

Denominator:

Number of persons.

Population Targeted:

U.S. resident population.

Questions Used To Obtain the National Data:

Not applicable.

Expected Periodicity:

Annual.

Comments:

Data are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population. Age-adjusted rates are weighted sums of age-specific rates.

This objective differs from Healthy People 2000 objective 9.4, which adjusted the death rates using the 1940 standard population.

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