By the year 2010, the Maternal and Child Health Administration intends to:
Increase to at least 70 percent the proportion of pregnant women who begin prenatal care in the first trimester.
Increase to at least 80 percent the proportion of pregnant women who receive adequate or more than adequate prenatal care.
Reduce the infant mortality rate to no more than 10 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Increase to 60 percent the proportion of women who are breast-feeding during the early postpartum period.
Increase male involvement in pregnancy prevention and family planning, as measured by the increase in the number of health providers offering outreach, education, or services to men.
Reduce suicides to less than 10 per 10,000 people age 15-19.
Reduce pregnancies among females age 15-17 to no more than 107 per 1,000.
Reduce to no more than 15 percent the proportion of individuals age 15-19 who have engaged in sexual intercourse before the age of 15.
Reduce to no more than 50 percent the proportion of individuals age 15-17 who have ever had sexual intercourse.
