Some of these systems build on, or are comparable with, State and local data systems. However, State data are not a prerequisite to developing an objective. Non-national data may be used where national data are not available. These situations are noted in the baseline data for the objective. The data source for each measurable objective is identified.
Developmental objectives provide a vision for a desired outcome or health status.
Current national surveillance systems do not provide data on these subjects. The purpose of developmental objectives is to identify areas of emerging importance and to drive the development of data systems to measure them. Most developmental objectives have a potential data source with reasonable expectation of data points by the year 2004 to facilitate setting year 2010 targets in the mid-decade review. Developmental objectives that do not have a baseline at the midcourse will be dropped. Population Group Data Table Because eliminating health disparities is a goal of Healthy People 2010, a standard data table is used to display the current status of population groups for population-based objectives.