The Leading Health Indicators reflect the major public health concerns in the United States and were chosen based on their ability to motivate action, the availability of data to measure their progress, and their relevance as broad public health issues. In some cases, BRFSS definitions of objectives differ slightly from those in Healthy People 2010. See Healthy People 2010 for the exact definition of the objective.

Healthy People 2010, Leading Health Indicators 
Designed to achieve two overarching goals: One, to increase quality and years of healthy life and, two, to eliminate health disparities.
Figures with a happy face indicates Georgia meets or betters Year 2010 goal.