Healthy People is the nation's agenda for health promotion and disease prevention. The concept, first established in 1979 in a report prepared by the Office of the Surgeon General, has since been revised on a regular basis, and the fourth iteration, known as Healthy People 2010 will take the nation into the 21st century. Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010: Final Report contains a number of recommendations and suggestions for the Department of Health and Human Services that address issues relevant to the composition of leading health indicator sets, data collection, data analysis, effective dissemination strategies, health disparities, and application of the indicators across multiple jurisdictional levels.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Background and Significance
2 Approach to Development of Leading Health Indicator Sets
3 Proposed Leading Health Indicator Sets
4 Linkage with Healthy People 2010
5 Crosscutting Data Issues for Leading Health Indicator Sets
6 Conclusions and Recommendations