Healthy People 2020 Objectives Related to ABCs Pathogens
group B Streptococcus
Objective:
Decrease the incidence of invasive early-onset group B streptococcal disease to 0.25 cases per 1,000 live births
Baseline:
0.28 cases per 1,000 live births in 2008
Status:
0.25 cases per 1,000 live births in 2010; 0.22 cases/1,000 live births in whites and 0.43 cases/1,000 live births in blacks in 2010
Haemophilus influenzae
Objective:
Decrease the incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease to 0.27 cases per 100,000 children less than 5 years of age
Baseline:
0.3 cases per 100,000 in 2008
Status:
1.65 cases per 100,000 in 2010; 0.18 cases per 100,00 < 5 year olds in 2010
Meningococcal Disease
Objective:
Reduce the overall incidence of meningococcal disease to 0.3 case per 100,000
Baseline:
0.34 cases per 100,000 in 2004-2008
Status:
0.15 cases per 100,000 in 2010
Pneumococcal Infections
Objective:
Decrease the incidence of invasive pneumococcal infections to 46 cases per 100,000 in persons less than five years and to 42 cases per 100,000 in persons aged 65 and older
Baseline:
76 cases per 100,000 less than 5 years in 1997; 62 cases per 100,000 aged 65 and older in 1997
Status:
20.0 cases per 100,000 less than 5 years in 2008; 40.8 cases per 100,000 aged 65 and older in 2008
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