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The term “indicators” is a plural noun and refers to:

  1. Things that indicate, point out, or signify something.
  2. In the context of a dial or scale, it could refer to an index hand or pointer.
  3. It could also refer to a gauge or an instrument for automatically making a diagram that indicates the pressure in and volume of the working fluid of an engine throughout the cycle.
  4. In statistics, it refers to a group of values (such as level of employment) that taken together give an indication of the health of the economy.
  5. In chemistry, it refers to a substance (such as litmus) used to show visually (as by change of color) the condition of a solution with respect to the presence of a particular material (such as a free acid or alkali).
  6. In ecology, it could refer to an organism or ecological community so strictly associated with particular environmental conditions that its presence is indicative of the existence of these conditions.
  7. In the world of investing, indicators typically refer to technical chart patterns or other statistical data used to predict market trends.

Synonyms for “indicator” include hand, index, needle, pointer. Its antonym is a non-indicator.

The word “indicator” originated from the late 17th century: from Latin, from indicat- ‘pointed out’, from the verb indicare.

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    The Leading Health Indicators are a select subset of 26 Healthy People 2020 objectives across 12 topics: 1. Access to Health Services: - Persons with medical insurance. - Persons with a usual primary care provider. 2. Clinical Preventive Services: - Adults receiving colorectal cancer screening basedRead more

    The Leading Health Indicators are a select subset of 26 Healthy People 2020 objectives across 12 topics:

    1. Access to Health Services:
    – Persons with medical insurance.
    – Persons with a usual primary care provider.

    2. Clinical Preventive Services:
    – Adults receiving colorectal cancer screening based on the most recent guidelines.
    – Adults with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control.
    – Persons with diagnosed diabetes whose A1c value is greater than 9%.
    – Children receiving the recommended doses of DTaP, polio, MMR, Hib, HepB, varicella, and PCV vaccines by age 19–35 months.

    3. Environmental Quality:
    – Air Quality Index >100.
    -Children exposed to secondhand smoke.

    4. Injury and Violence:
    – Injury deaths.
    – Homicides.

    5. Maternal Infant and Child Health:
    – All Infant deaths.
    – Total preterm live births.

    6. Mental Health:
    – Suicide.
    – Adolescents with a major depressive episode in the past 12 months.

    7. Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity:
    – Adults meeting aerobic physical activity and muscle-strengthening objectives.
    – Obesity among adults.
    – Obesity among children and adolescents.
    – Mean daily intake of total vegetables.

    8. Oral Health:
    – Children, adolescents, and adults who visited the dentist in the past year.

    9. Reproductive and Sexual Health:
    – Sexually active females receiving reproductive health services.
    – Knowledge of serostatus among HIV-positive persons.

    10. Social Determinants:
    – Students graduating from high school 4 years after starting 9th grade.

    11. Substance Abuse:
    – Adolescents using alcohol or illicit drugs in the past 30 days.
    – Binge drinking in the past month—Adults.

    12. Tobacco:
    – Adult cigarette smoking.
    – Adolescent cigarette smoking in the past 30 days.

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