Data
Baseline: 523.5 cases of gonorrhea per 100,000 males aged 15 to 24 years were reported in 2017
Target: 471.2 per 100,000
Numerator
Number of reported cases of gonorrhea among males aged 15 to 24 years.
Denominator
Number of males aged 15 to 24 years.
Target-setting method
Percent improvement
Target-setting method details
10 percent improvement from the baseline.
Target-setting method justification
Trend data were evaluated for this objective, but it was not possible to project a target because the trend was moving away from the desired direction. A 10 percent improvement from the baseline was used to calculate a target. This method was used because of the influence of external factors.
History
Comparable HP2020 objective
Modified, which includes core objectives that are continuing from Healthy People 2020 but underwent a change in measurement.
Changes between HP2020 and HP2030
This objective differs from Healthy People 2020 objective STD-6.2 in that the Healthy People 2020 objective focused on reducing gonorrhea rates among males aged 15-44 years. For Healthy People 2030, the age group has been narrowed to focus on the population with the highest burden of infection (ages 15-24 years) so that information can be targeted to the populations of greatest need.