PUBLIC LAW 102-573—OCT. 29, 1992 106 STAT. 45^9 "(E) Rubella, 0. "(F) Congenital Rubella Syndrome, 0. "(G) Mumps, 500. "(H) Pertussis, 1,000. (SO) Reduce epidemic-related pneumonia and influenza deaths among individu£ds aged 65 and older to no more than 7.3 per 100,000. "(51) Reduce the number of new carriers of viral hepatitis B among Alaska Natives to no more than 1 case. "(52) Reduce tuberculosis to an incidence of no more than 5 cases per 100,000. "(53) Reduce bacterial meningitis to no more than 8 cases per 100,000. "(54) Reduce infectious diarrhea by at least 25 percent among children. "(55) Reduce acute middle ear infections among children aged 4 and younger, as measured by days of restricted activity or school absenteeism, to no more than 105 days per 100 children. "(56) Reduce cigarette smoking to a prevalence of no more than 20 percent. "(57) Reduce smokeless tobacco use by youth to a prevalence of no more than 10 percent. "(58) Increase to at least 65 percent the proportion of Earents and caregivers who use feeding practices that prevent aby bottle tooth decay. "(59) Increase to at least 75 percent the proportion of mothers who breast feed their babies in the early postpartum period, and to at least 50 percent the proportion who continue breast feeding until their babies are 5 to 6 months old. "(60) Increase to at least 90 percent the proportion of pregnant women who receive prenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy. "(61) Increase to at least 70 percent the proportion of individuals who have received, as a minimum within the appropriate interval, all of the screening and immunization services and at least one of the counseling services appropriate for their age and gender as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. "(c) It is the intent of the Congress that the Nation increase the proportion of all degrees in the health professions and allied and associated health profession fields awarded to Indians to 0.6 percent. "(d) The Secretary shall submit to the President, for inclusion Reports, in each report required to be transmitted to the Congress under section 801, a report on the progress made in each area of the Service toward meeting each of the objectives described in subsection (b).". (c) DEFINITIONS. —Section 4 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1603) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(m) 'Service area' means the geographical area served by each area office. "(n) 'Health profession' means family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, geriatric medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, podiatric medicine, nursing, public health nursing, dentistry, psy- chiatry, osteopathy, optometry, pharmacy, psychology, public health, social work, marriage and family therapy, chiropractic medicine.
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