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People 2010 is a health promotion and disease prevention agenda.
It contains 467 objectives, which serve as a roadmap for improving
health. The objectives are organized into 28 focus areas, each
representing an important public health area. A limited set
of objectives, known as the Ten Leading Health Indicators,
are intended to help everyone more easily understand the importance
of Healthy People 2010 and encourage participation in improving
health in the next decade. |
Environmental Quality
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Learn
more about why Environmental Quality (focus areas 8
and 27)
is one of the top ten indicators.
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The objectives selected
to measure progress among adolescents and adults for this Leading
Health Indicator are presented below. These are only indicators
and do not represent all the physical activity and fitness objectives
included in Healthy People 2010.
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Objective:
Reduce the proportion of nonsmokers exposed to environmental tobacco
smoke (27-10)
Healthy People
Baseline: 65 percent of nonsmokers aged 4 and older had a serum
cotinine level above 0.10 ng/mL in 1988-94
Healthy People 2010 Target: 45 percent
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select one of the following graphs: |
- National:
- State (Minnesota
and North Dakota)
- County (Clay
County, MN, and Cass County, ND)
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Objective:
Reduce the proportion of persons exposed to air that does not
meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's health-based standards
for ozone (8-1a)
1997 Healthy
People Baseline: 43 percent
Healthy People 2010 Target: 0 percent
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select one of the following graphs: |
- National:
- State (Minnesota
and North Dakota)
- County (Clay
County, MN, and Cass County, ND)
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| Objective: Promote
health for all through a healthy environment (8) |
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select one of the following graphs: |
- National:
- State (Minnesota
and North Dakota)
- County (Clay
County, MN, and Cass County, ND)
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