15-9. Reduce deaths caused by suffocation.

Operational Definition


National Data Source:

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

State Data Source:

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

Healthy People 2000 Objective:

Not applicable.

Measure:

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

Baseline:

4.1 (1998).

Numerator:

Number of suffocation deaths (ICD-9 codes E911-E913, E953, E963, E983).

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.

Description of Age Adjustment

Description of the NVSS

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