Would have to readjust Healthy People goals. This is concurrent with the implementation of ICD-10. Implementation of new guideline for collecting and tabulating race statistics Allows for the selection of more than one race and Hispanic origin for the 2000 Census. New guideline may affect comparability among races. Racial data only shown for those with greatest disparities.
Latest data show many widening gaps.
Keep in mind how much resources are needed to do a survey. GIS down to the school district level - users of the data need to make it understandable to the public. One major data challenge is to translate data to meet the need for communities to understand themselves, giving them the data to drive action necessary to have healthy communities. Technical expertise is needed to work directly with communities. Need to reexamine the respective roles of state and national data collection systems.