Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010 -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- OVERVIEW OF INDICATOR SET DEVELOPMENT -- DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED INDICATOR SETS -- Health Determinants and Health Outcomes Set -- Life Course Determinants Set -- Prevention-Oriented Set -- LINKAGE OF INDICATOR SETS TO HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 -- CROSSCUTTING DATA ISSUES -- DISSEMINATION STRATEGIES -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Selection of Indicator Set -- Inter-Agency Collaborations -- Dissemination Strategies -- Health Disparities -- Poverty/Socioeconomic Status -- Data Collection and Analysis -- 1 Background and Significance -- HEALTHY PEOPLE: THE FIRST DECADE -- HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000 -- HEALTHY PEOPLE 2010 -- LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS -- 2 Approach to Development of Leading Health Indicator Sets -- CHARGE TO COMMITTEE -- REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE -- DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA TO GUIDE SELECTION OF SPECIFIC LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS -- REGIONAL MEETINGS -- SELECTION OF CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS FOR INDICATOR SETS -- INTERIM REPORTS -- PUBLIC HEARING -- SELECTION OF CANDIDATE INDICATOR SETS -- 3 Proposed Leading Health Indicator Sets -- HEALTH DETERMINANTS AND HEALTH OUTCOMES INDICATOR SET -- Conceptual Framework -- Proposed Indicators -- LIFE COURSE DETERMINANTS SET -- Conceptual Framework -- Proposed Indicators -- THE PREVENTION-ORIENTED SET -- Conceptual Framework -- Suggested Steps for Action on Proposed Indicators -- Physical Environment -- Poverty -- High School Graduation -- Tobacco Use -- Weight -- Physical Activity -- Health Insurance -- Early Detection of Cancer -- Preventable Mortality Due to Injury -- Disability -- Health Care Access -- Low Birth Weight -- Cognitive Development -- Substance Abuse -- Violence -- Childhood Immunization -- Cancer Screening -- Hypertension Screening.

Diabetes Management -- GENERAL DISCUSSION OF ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE PROPOSED INDICATOR SETS -- Modifications to Indicator Sets -- Operationalization of Indicator Measures -- Role and Functions of Leading Health Indicators -- Rationale for Inclusion or Exclusion of Specific Indicators -- Poverty -- Tobacco Use -- Diet and Nutrition -- Suggested Indicators for Future Leading Health Indicator Sets -- High School Graduation -- Violence -- Social Support and Isolation -- Mental Health -- Foster Care -- Substance Abuse -- Physical Environment -- Genetic Screening -- Suggested Dissemination Strategies for the Leading Health Indicator Set -- 4 Linkage with Healthy People 2010 -- OVERARCHING GOALS -- Increased Quality and Terms of Healthy Life -- Elimination of Health Disparities -- Enabling Goals -- Healthy People 2010 Focus Areas, Measurable Objectives, and Developmental Objectives -- 5 Crosscutting Data Issues for Leading Health Indicator Sets -- DATA SOURCES FOR PROPOSED LEADING HEALTH INDICATOR SETS -- GENERAL DATA ISSUES FOR PROPOSED LEADING HEALTH INDICATOR SETS -- Data Quality -- Limitations of Self-Reported Data -- Data Validity and Reliability -- Periodicity of Data Availability -- Timeliness of Data Availability -- Representativeness of Data -- Small-Area Analysis -- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- Interagency Collaborations -- COMMITMENT OF ADEQUATE RESOURCES AND EFFORT FOR DISSEMINATION OF INDICATOR SET -- HEALTH DISPARITIES -- Racial and Ethnic Minorities -- Populations Defined by Income -- Populations Defined by Age -- Populations Defined by Gender -- Populations with Disabilities -- Populations Defined by Sexual Orientation -- Populations Defined by Educational Attainment -- Populations Defined by Geographic Locale -- Exclusion of Specific Indicators of Health Disparities -- POVERTY AS A LEADING HEALTH INDICATOR.

GENERAL DATA ISSUES AND ANALYSIS AT MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONAL LEVELS -- General Data Issues -- Analysis at Multiple Jurisdictional Levels -- Summary of Issues Relevant to Data Collection and Analysis.