Healthy People 2020 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 2020 website includes exhaustive information on the various target areas and objectives.

2020 Objectives

Target Area	2020 Objective
Late Entry into Prenatal Care	22.1%
Inadequate Prenatal Care	22.4%
Fetal Mortality	5.6 per 1,000
Neonatal Mortality	4.1 per 1,000
Perinatal Mortality	5.9 per 1,000
Postneonatal Mortality	2.0 per 1,000
Infant Mortality	6.0 per 1,000
Percent Low Birth Weight Births	7.8%
Percent Very Low Birth Weight Births	1.4%
Cesarean Births Among Low Risk Women Giving Birth For the First Time	23.9%
Cesarean Births Among Low Risk Women with a Prior Cesarean Birth	81.7%
Source: http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/objectiveslist.aspx?topicId=26/a>

Tables

Progress Towards Selected Healthy People 2020 Objectives by ZIP Code, Merced County, 2010
(mortality measures marked with * are 2009)

% 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

2020 Objective

22.1

22.4

5.6

4.1

5.9

2.0

6.0

7.8

1.4

23.9

81.7

Zip Code

Births

California

509,979

16.5

20.4

5.0

3.5

5.3

1.5

5.0

6.8

1.1

26.1

94.5

Merced

4,248

35.7

37.0

7.5

3.2

5.2

1.8

5.0

6.9

1.7

21.7

98.3

93620

140

48.2

38.4

***

9.3

***

18.2

100

93635

671

42.1

31.6

***

6.3

1.3

21.8

96.6

95301

543

32.7

36.4

14.5

***

8.7

5.9

2.0

25.8

100

95315

226

17.0

29.9

***

5.3

2.2

20.0

100

95322

121

36.4

38.1

***

6.6

***

20.0

94.7

95324

20.0

21.3

***

100

95333

43.3

40.0

***

95334

312

23.1

29.4

***

5.8

***

20.8

100

95340

656

39.2

42.3

7.6

***

8.1

1.7

***

100

95341

545

37.7

41.1

***

9.9

***

6.6

1.7

***

95348

497

37.4

43.5

15.8

***

8.2

2.4

26.3

100

95365

36.2

37.0

***

8.3

***

95374

28.6

38.2

***

95388

237

37.8

40.6

***

7.2

***

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 2020 objective is not met are bolded.

Source: California Department of Public Health, 2010 Birth Statistical Master and 2009 Birth Cohort File

Progress Towards Selected Healthy People 2020 Objectives by ZIP Code, Merced County, 2008-2010
(mortality measures marked with * are 2007-2009)

% 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

2020 Objective

22.1

22.4

5.6

4.1

5.9

2.0

6.0

7.8

1.4

23.9

81.7

Zip Code

Births

California

1,588,705

17.1

20.6

5.0

3.6

5.5

1.6

5.2

6.8

1.1

26.3

94.7

Merced

13,079

35.9

37.8

5.5

4.1

6.1

2.3

6.4

6.8

1.3

19.7

98.8

93610

23.1

30.8

***

93620

474

44.0

36.7

***

10.2

***

9.5

2.5

15.4

100

93635

1,932

39.9

32.0

6.7

3.6

8.8

***

5.7

7.2

1.0

19.0

98.0

95301

1,724

33.0

37.0

5.8

3.9

2.8

***

6.1

6.0

1.3

19.4

100

95303

26.2

***

95315

667

21.6

29.2

***

8.0

***

6.3

1.6

18.2

98.8

95317

34.1

37.5

***

95322

404

37.7

34.9

***

5.4

***

27.5

98.6

95324

254

17.0

22.1

***

4.3

***

24.3

100

95333

28.9

34.5

***

95334

881

21.9

30.4

10.1

***

10.1

***

6.2

1.0

16.3

98.6

95340

2,474

41.5

45.2

3.6

3.4

4.7

2.5

5.9

7.2

1.5

22.8

96.3

95341

1,401

38.6

41.4

3.6

5.4

9.7

***

8.7

7.4

1.4

***

100

95348

1,548

39.2

43.7

9.0

3.9

3.9

7.9

7.2

1.6

18.8

100

95365

204

36.2

40.2

***

4.9

***

95369

25.0

32.3

***

95374

101

24.8

32.3

***

21.4

100

95388

735

35.8

40.4

***

6.3

***

7.6

6.8

1.1

27.5

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 2020 objective is not met are bolded.

Source: CDPH, 2010 Birth Statistical Master, 2009, 2008, and 2007 Birth Cohort File

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