Tracking Healthy People 2010

General Data Issues[PDF - 1 MB]

The following topics are included in this section (topics added since the original publication of Tracking Healthy People, Part A: General Data Issues, are shown with an *):

• Measuring Quality and Years of Healthy Life*
• Measuring Health Disparities*
• Target Setting and Assessing Progress for Measurable Objectives
• Population Estimates
• Population Template
• Age Adjustment
• Mortality and Morbidity Classification
• National Data
• State and Local Data
• Variability of Estimates and Data Suppression
• Healthy People 2010 Database

• Contact Information for Healthy People 2010 Focus Area Liaisons[PDF - 71 KB]
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Tracking Healthy People 2010[PDF - 46 KB]
• ICD-10 Codes for Cause-Specific Healthy People 2010 Mortality Objectives[PDF - 33 KB]
• ICD-9-CM Codes for Cause-Specific Healthy People 2010 Morbidity Objectives[PDF - 14 KB]
• Healthy People 2010 Leading Health Indicators[PDF - 28 KB]

For more information on Healthy People 2010, please visit the Healthy People Website.