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15-32. | |
Reduce homicides. |
National Data Source
National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
State Data Source
National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
Healthy People 2000 Objective
7.1 (Violent and Abusive Behavior), age adjusted to 2000 standard population.
Leading Health Indicator
Injury and Violence.
Measure
Rate per 100,000 population (age adjusted—see Comments).
Baseline
6.5 (1998).
Numerator
Number of deaths due to homicides (ICD-9 codes E960-E969).
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. For a discussion on age adjustment see Part A, section 5.
This objective differs from Healthy People 2000 objective 7.1, which adjusted the death rates using the 1940 standard population. See Appendix C for comparison data.
This measure also differs slightly
from the cause of death, homicide and legal intervention (ICD-9 E960-E978),
which is shown in other publications:
[Hoyert, D.L.; Kochanek, K.D.; and Murphy, S.L. Deaths:
Final data for 1997. National Vital Statistics Reports. Vol. 47 No. 19.
Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 1999; and
NCHS. Health, United States, 2000, With Adolescent Health Chartbook. Hyattsville, MD: NCHS, 2000.]
This objective is one of the measures used to track the Injury and Violence Leading Health Indicator. See Appendix H for a complete list.
See Part C for a description of NVSS and Appendix A for focus area contact information.