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Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators: Progress Update
As of March 2014, progress generally has been positive toward achieving the HP2020 targets for the 26 LHIs, with 14 indicators (53.9%) having either met their target or shown improvement:
- 4 indicators (15.4%) have met or exceeded their HP2020 targets.
- 10 indicators (38.5%) are improving.
- 8 indicators (30.8%) show little or no detectable change.
- 3 indicators (11.5%) are getting worse.
- 1 indicator (3.8%) has only baseline data.
Noteworthy progress has been made for many of the indicators:
- Fewer adults smoking cigarettes,
- Fewer children exposed to secondhand smoke,
- More adults meeting physical activity targets,
- Fewer adolescents using alcohol or illicit drugs.
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