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Arkansas

Focus on Healthy People 2020:

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 2020 was launched in December 2010. Containing over 1200 objectives in 42 areas, Healthy People establishes goals to increase life expectancy, improve quality of life, and eliminate health disparities throughout the Nation. The goals provide Federal, State, and local government agencies and nongovernmental organizations with a framework for assessing progress in a comprehensive set of focus areas. Fifteen Healthy People 2020 measures were selected. Measures sorted by focus area are shown in the following table; for each measure, the Healthy People 2020 target rate is compared to the most recent State rate and the baseline State rate. (Measure with missing data does not appear in the table.)

Measure HP 2020
Target		 Most Recent Baseline Definition
State Rate Data Year State Rate Data Year
Cancer
All cancer deaths 160.6 200.0 2007 211.0 2000 All cancer deaths per 100,000 population
Lung cancer deaths 45.5 63.7 2007 68.5 2000 Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population
Breast cancer deaths 20.6 26.1 2007 23.4 2000 Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population
Colorectal cancer deaths 14.5 18.5 2007 21.8 2000 Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year
Prostate cancer deaths 21.2 27.4 2007 30.4 2000 Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male population
Pap test 93.0 79.8 2008 84.9 2000 Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear test within the last 3 years
End Stage Renal Disease
Dialysis on waiting list 18.8 10.3 2007 10.1 2000 Dialysis patients under age 70 who were registered on a waiting list for transplantation
Renal failure - received a transplant 19.7 18.9 2005 16.5 2000 Patients with treated chronic kidney failure who received a transplant within 3 years of date of renal failure
HIV
HIV deaths 3.3 3.2 2007 2.9 2000 HIV infection deaths per 100,000 population
Immunization and Infectious Diseases
Children fully vaccinated 80.0 57.9 2009 No Data No Data Children ages 19-35 months who received all recommended vaccines
Flu vaccine - age 65 and over 90.0 70.8 2009 64.1 2001 Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last 12 months
Pneumonia vaccine ever - age 65 plus 90.0 67.4 2009 60.5 2001 Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination
Flu vaccine for high-risk persons 80.0 41.4 2009 32.5 2003 Percent of high-risk persons ages 18-64 who received an influenza vaccination in the past 12 months
Pneumonia vaccine ever - high-risk, age 18 to 64 60.0 26.9 2009 18.8 2003 High-risk people ages 18-64 who ever received a pneumococcal vaccination
Mental Health and Mental Illness
Suicide deaths 10.2 14.3 2007 13.0 2000 Suicide deaths per 100,000 population