Healthy People 2010 Objectives were established to set guidelines that would enable communities, states, professional organizations, and other entities to implement specific health programs to improve health. The Healthy People 2010 website includes exhaustive information on the various target areas and objectives.

2010 Objectives

Target Area	2010 Objective
Percent of Births within 23 Months of Previous Birth	6%
Late Entry into Prenatal Care	10%
Inadequate Prenatal Care	10%
Fetal Mortality	4.1 per 1,000
Neonatal Mortality	2.9 per 1,000
Perinatal Mortality	4.5 per 1,000
Postneonatal Mortality	1.2 per 1,000
Infant Mortality	4.5 per 1,000
Percent Low Birth Weight Births	5%
Percent Very Low Birth Weight Births	0.9%
First-time Cesarean Rate	15%
Repeat Cesarean Rate	63%
Source: http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/Volume1/09Family.htm

Tables

Progress Towards Selected Healthy People 2010 Objectives by ZIP Code, Merced County, 2007

% Short Birth Interval

% Late Entry Into Prenatal Care

% Inad. Prenatal Care

Fetal Mortality Rate

Neonatal Mortality Rate

Perinatal Mortality Rate

Post Neonatal Mortality Rate

Infant Mortality Rate

% LBW

% VLBW

% First-time C/S

% Repeat C/S

2010 Objective

6.0

10.0

4.1

2.9

4.5

1.2

4.5

5.0

0.9

15.0

63.0

Zip Code

Births

California

566,318

13.1

17.1

21.5

5.0

3.7

5.5

1.6

5.3

6.9

1.2

25.6

94.3

Merced

4,650

15.7

39.7

45.1

5.8

4.1

7.7

2.6

6.7

6.2

1.3

19.3

99.2

93620

155

18.8

57.5

52.0

***

6.5

***

16.1

100

93635

657

14.1

49.0

49.5

10.5

***

15.1

***

10.7

8.2

1.8

18.5

100

95301

610

15.4

38.1

44.5

***

5.7

1.1

21.1

100

95315

309

11.7

26.0

30.7

***

5.2

***

20.3

100

95322

169

15.1

44.3

41.8

***

3.6

***

23.9

100

95324

14.0

17.2

24.4

***

37.9

88.9

95333

***

32.6

40.9

***

10.6

***

95334

320

11.7

28.2

34.5

***

3.8

***

13.9

100

95340

1,376

16.8

43.4

49.4

5.8

***

5.8

4.4

7.3

6.6

1.4

18.2

94.7

95341

19.4

34.3

43.3

***

95348

468

18.6

40.5

49.1

***

5.6

1.5

***

100

95374

***

36.0

40.0

***

95388

292

17.2

32.4

45.7

***

6.5

***

100

Only ZIP codes with at least 20 births are included in the table.

For ZIP codes with 20 or more births, but fewer than 5 events, the results are suppressed (***)

For ZIP codes with 20 or more births, and between 5 and 19 events, results are grayed.

Percentages/rates that imply that the 2010 objective is not met are bolded.

Source: California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

Progress Towards Selected Healthy People 2010 Objectives by ZIP Code, Merced County, 2005-2007

% Short Birth Interval

% Late Entry Into Prenatal Care

% Inad. Prenatal Care

Fetal Mortality Rate

Neonatal Mortality Rate

Perinatal Mortality Rate

Post Neonatal Mortality Rate

Infant Mortality Rate

% LBW

% VLBW

% First-time C/S

% Repeat C/S

2010 Objective

6.0

10.0

4.1

2.9

4.5

1.2

4.5

5.0

0.9

15.0

63.0

Zip Code

Births

California

1,677,687

12.9

14.9

21.5

5.2

3.7

5.7

1.6

5.3

6.9

1.2

25.1

93.8

Merced

13,862

15.5

36.2

46.5

5.8

3.9

6.8

2.2

6.1

1.2

20.4

98.5

93620

527

17.7

49.1

56.8

***

11.4

13.2

***

13.3

5.7

1.9

19.4

100

93635

2,081

14.2

42.4

52.2

8.1

3.4

8.1

2.4

5.8

6.0

1.0

21.5

99.7

95301

1,798

16.5

33.2

45.4

2.8

4.4

5.6

2.8

7.2

6.4

1.2

24.3

98.6

95303

12.5

16.3

34.7

***

100

95315

802

12.8

19.9

35.0

***

6.2

8.7

***

6.2

5.5

1.2

16.5

97.5

95317

11.9

27.6

32.8

***

95322

475

16.4

39.4

46.3

10.4

***

7.4

1.7

23.2

98.5

95324

291

12.4

10.7

24.2

***

7.9

1.7

27.6

96.7

95333

144

17.6

35.0

44.5

***

6.9

***

95334

902

13.5

24.0

40.6

***

6.6

***

3.8

***

17.4

98.6

95340

4,360

16.1

40.4

47.9

5.0

2.5

4.8

3.0

5.5

6.3

1.2

23.4

94.5

95341

19.4

34.3

43.3

***

95348

1,281

18.0

39.1

48.8

7.7

3.9

7.8

***

7.0

5.9

1.4

25.7

95.7

95360

16.7

31.4

57.1

***

100

95369

15.4

27.5

35.0

***

14.3

***

95374

11.0

22.2

29.6

***

100

95388

833

13.7

33.4

48.1

6.0

***

6.0

***

6.0

1.4

7.8

97.1

Only ZIP codes with at least 20 births are included in the table.

For ZIP codes with 20 or more births, but fewer than 5 events, the results are suppressed (***)

For ZIP codes with 20 or more births, and between 5 and 19 events, results are grayed.

Percentages/rates that imply that the 2010 objective is not met are bolded.

Source: California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

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