Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #107918

Erin B. Reidy, MA, OAEHP, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Rd., Hyattsville, MD 20782, 301-458-4493, eir5@cdc.gov

Goal 1 of Healthy People 2010 is to increase the quality and years of life and is assessed by a set of summary measures: years of life in good or better health, years of life without disability, years of life without selected chronic diseases, and years of life with good health behaviors. In order to adequately assess progress towards Goal 1 of Healthy People 2010, it is necessary to understand how these health expectancies change over time. This research explores the extent to which population composition, chronic diseases, and health behaviors account for changes in healthy life expectancy.

Contrasting two decomposition techniques, this research examines the extent to which age composition, chronic diseases, self-reported health, disability, and health behaviors account for the difference between health expectancy and life expectancy and whether such factors also account for changes in health expectancy over time. The cause elimination analysis illustrates the components which account for loss of healthy life at a point in time, while the Arriaga decomposition method illustrates the contribution of diseases and risk factors to changes in healthy life expectancy. Analyses are based on 1999 through 2002 mortality data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), and 1999 through 2002 health status data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Midyear population estimates come from the Census Bureau. Results are displayed by age groups, sex, race/ethnicity, and where applicable according to socioeconomic status.

Learning Objectives:

• To identify the measures used to track Goal 1 of Healthy People 2010
• To understand the method used to describe changes in the measures used to track Goal 1 of Healthy People 2010

Keywords: Healthy People 2000/2010,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.