Access to Quality Health Care

• Indicators For Tracking Public Health Priority Areas

Objectives

Each community's progress towards reaching these Prevention Agenda Goals and Objectives will be tracked so members can see how close each community is to meeting the goals.

• By the year 2013, increase the percentage of adult New Yorkers with health care coverage to 100%. Baseline: 86.5%, BRFSS, 2006. (Healthy People 2010 Goal)
• By the year 2013, increase the percentage of adult New Yorkers who have a regular health care provider to 96%. Baseline: 85.0%, BRFSS, 2006. (Healthy People 2010 Goal)
• By the year 2013, increase the percentage of adult New Yorkers who have seen a dentist in the past year to 83%. Baseline: 71.8%, BRFSS, 2006. (Healthy People 2010 Goal)
• By the year 2013, increase the percentage of cancer cases diagnosed at an early stage of disease in New York residents to at least: (Healthy People 2010 Goal not available - twenty-five percent increase from 2000-2004 baseline)
  • 80% for breast cancer. Baseline: 64%, NYS Cancer Registry, 2000-2004
  • 65% for cervical cancer. Baseline: 52%, NYS Cancer Registry, 2000-2004
  • 50% for colorectal cancer. Baseline: 40%, NYS Cancer Registry, 2000-2004