Table.
Healthy People 2020 Objectives Related to Cancer
| Objective1 | Measure2 | Data Source |
|---|---|---|
| Disease outcome | ||
| Reduce the overall cancer death rate (C-1) | Overall cancer deaths per 100,000 population | NVSS |
| Reduce the lung cancer death rate (C-2) | Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population | NVSS |
| Reduce the female breast cancer death rate (C-3) | Female breast cancer deaths per 100,000 population | NVSS |
| Reduce the colorectal cancer death rate (C-5) | Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population | NVSS |
| Reduce the prostate cancer death rate (C-7) | Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 population | NVSS |
| Cancer screening/counseling | ||
| Increase the proportion of adults who receive a colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines (C-16) | Proportion of adults aged 50 to 75 years who received a colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines in 2008 (a blood stool test in the past year, sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years and blood stool test in the past 3 years, or a colonoscopy in the past 10 years) | NHIS |
| Increase the proportion of women who receive a breast cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines (C-17) | Proportion of females aged 50 to 74 years who received a breast cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines in 2008 (a mammogram in the past 2 years) | NHIS |
| Increase the proportion of men who discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to screen for prostate cancer with their health care provider (C-19) | Proportion of men aged ≥40 years who had discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to screen for prostate cancer with their health care provider (a shared decision making discussion) | NHIS |
| Increase the proportion of adults who receive a lung cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines (no objective) | Proportion of adults aged 55 to 80 years who have ≥ 30 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or quit within the past 15 years who received a lung cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines in 2013 (a low-dose computed tomography [LDCT] chest scan to check for lung cancer in the past year) | NHIS |
| Cancer risk factors | ||
| Reduce cigarette smoking by adults (TU-1.1) | Proportion of adults aged ≥18 years who were current cigarette smokers | NHIS |
| Increase recent smoking cessation success by adult smokers (TU-5.1) | Proportion of adults aged ≥18 years who successfully stopped smoking within past 6 months to 1 year | NHIS |
| Reduce the proportion of adults aged ≥18 years exposed to secondhand smoke (TU-11.3) | Proportion of nonsmoking adults aged ≥18 years exposed to secondhand smoke, defined as having a serum cotinine level ≥ 0.05 ng/mL and ≤10 ng/mL | NHANES |
| Increase the proportion of adults who meet the objectives for aerobic physical activity and for muscle-strengthening activity (PA-2.4) | Proportion of adults aged ≥18 years who met the objectives for aerobic physical activity and for muscle-strengthening activity in 2008 (light or moderate physical activity ≥150 minutes per week or vigorous physical activity ≥75 minutes per week or an equivalent combination of moderate and vigorous-intensity activity and physical activities specifically designed to strengthen muscles at least twice per week) | NHIS |
| Reduce the proportion of adults who are obese (NWS-9) | Proportion of adults aged ≥20 years who are obese (a body mass index (BMI measured as weight in kilograms by the square of height in meters) ≥30.0) | NHANES |
| Reduce the proportion of adults who drank excessively in the previous 30 days (SA-15) | Proportion of adults aged ≥18 years who reported that they drank excessively in the previous 30 days (drank >2 drinks per day on average (for men) or >1 drink per day on average (for women) or who drank ≥5 during a single occasion (for men) or ≥4 drinks during a single occasion (for women) | National Survey on Drug Use and Health |
Abbreviations: NVSS = National Vital Statistics System; NHIS = National Health Interview Survey; NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
1
Healthy People 2020 objectives are indicated by topic area and number in parentheses.
2
Measures were age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.