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Massachusetts

Focus on Healthy People 2010:

State Performance on Measures Reported in the NHQR

While Healthy People 2020 is the new initiative, the following NHQR measures are consistent with Healthy People 2010. Healthy People 2010 was a set of health goals intended to increase life expectancy, improve quality of life, and eliminate health disparities throughout the Nation. Launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2000, the goals provided Federal, State, and local government agencies and nongovernmental organizations with a framework for assessing progress in a comprehensive set of focus areas. Nineteen Healthy People 2010 measures, sorted by focus area, are shown in the following table; for each measure, the Healthy People 2010 target rate is compared to the most recent State rate and the baseline State rate.

Measure HP 2010
Target		 Most Recent Baseline Definition
State Rate Data Year State Rate Data Year
Cancer
All cancer deaths 158.6 180.0 2007 207.0 2000 All cancer deaths per 100,000 population
Lung cancer deaths 43.3 50.8 2007 56.2 2000 Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population
Breast cancer deaths 21.3 20.3 2007 27.1 2000 Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population
Colorectal cancer deaths 13.7 16.0 2007 22.0 2000 Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year
Prostate cancer deaths 28.2 24.1 2007 31.1 2000 Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male population
Pap tests 90.0 84.1 2008 87.0 2000 Percentage of women age 18 and over who received a Pap smear within the last 3 years
Fecal occult blood tests 33.0 24.8 2008 41.3 2001 Percentage of adults age 50 and over who received a fecal occult blood test in the last 2 years
Colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy 50.0 71.7 2008 53.2 2001 Percentage of adults age 50 and over who ever received a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy
Mammograms 70.0 84.6 2008 84.0 2000 Percentage of women age 40 and over who received a mammogram in the last 2 years
Chronic Kidney Disease
Dialysis and on kidney transplant list 25.0 23.4 2006 18.6 2000 Percentage of dialysis patients under age 70 who were registered on a waiting list for transplantation
Renal failure and kidney transplant 30.0 28.9 2004 27.8 2000 Patients with treated chronic kidney failure who received a transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure
Heart Disease and Stroke
Blood cholesterol testing 80.0 81.5 2007 80.8 2001 Percentage of adults who had their blood cholesterol checked within the preceding 5 years
HIV
HIV deaths 0.7 2.0 2007 3.4 2000 HIV infection deaths per 100,000 population
Immunization and Infectious Diseases
Children fully vaccinated 90.0 83.9 2008 81.4 2000 Percentage of children ages 19-35 months who received all recommended vaccines (4:3:1:3:3)
Flu vaccine - age 65 and over 90.0 71.9 2008 71.1 2001 Percentage of adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last 12 months
Pneumonia vaccine ever - age 65 plus 90.0 66.5 2008 64.0 2001 Percentage of adults age 65 and over who ever received a pneumococcal vaccination
Flu vaccine in past 12 months - high-risk, age 18-64 60.0 40.7 2007 33.0 2003 Percentage of adults ages 18-64 at high risk (e.g., COPD) who received an influenza vaccination in the last 12 months
Pneumonia vaccine ever - high-risk, age 18-64 60.0 25.6 2007 20.9 2003 Percentage of high-risk people ages 18-64 who ever received a pneumococcal vaccination
Mental Health and Mental Illness
Suicide deaths 4.8 7.6 2007 6.0 2000 Suicide deaths per 100,000 population