Using Absolute Percent Decline Method
Some Healthy People 2010 and Communities Working Together for Healthier New York objectives used an absolute percent decline based on " best guesses " and expert opinion. In this method, calculations are based on the percent of the target population reached and change expected.
Examples of goals set using 'absolute decline' method:
By the year 2006, increase the percentage of New Yorkers participating in regular and sustained physical activity to at least 30 percent of adults 18 years of age and older (baseline: 14.8%, BRFSS, 1994) - Source: Communities Working Together for a Healthier New York
Nationally, reduce deaths from work-related injuries by 29 percent. (1998 baseline: All industry - 4.5) Source: Healthy People 2010
- Adapted from Healthy People 2010 Toolkit