Leading Health
Indicators
Ten Major Public Health Issues
| Physical activity | |
| Overweight and obesity | |
| Tobacco use | |
| Substance abuse | |
| Responsible sexual behavior | |
| Mental health | |
| Injury and violence | |
| Environmental quality | |
| Immunization | |
| Access to health care |
Healthy People,
2010
National Health Objectives
21Critical Adolescent Objectives
| reduce deaths by motor vehicle crashes | |
| reduce deaths & injuries from substance abuse related vehicle crashes | |
| reduce proportion who rode with drunk driver | |
| increase use of safety belts | |
| reduce homicides | |
| reduce physical fighting | |
| reduce weapon carrying on school property | |
| reduce past-month use of illicit substances | |
| reduce proportion binge drinking | |
| reduce pregnancies | |
| increase proportion who abstain or use condoms |
21 Critical Objectives (continued)
| reduce number of cases of HIV infections | |
| reduce proportion of adolescents/young adults with chlamydia | |
| reduce proportion who are sad, unhappy, depressed | |
| reduce suicide rate | |
| reduce rate of suicide attempts | |
| increase proportion of children with MH problems treated | |
| reduce proportion of children & adolescents who are overweight or obese | |
| increase proportion of adolescents who engage in vigorous physical activity | |
| reduce tobacco use | |
| reduce deaths of adolescents and young adults |
Four in ten girls get pregnant at least once before age 20.
| 3 out of 5 Latinas get pregnant at least once before age 20, compared to 2 out of 5 teen girls in the general population. |
| 3,000 teens start smoking every day | |
| 1,000 will die prematurely from smoking-related illness | |
| 1,000,000 youth become regular smokers each year | |
| 400,000 adults die from tobacco-related disease each year | |
| few initiate habitual smoking as adults |
Subjective Sense of Well-being
Percent in Poverty by Race/Ethnicity, Under Age 18, 1980-1998