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Detailed Definitions & Data Sources
Report Series - Topic Briefs for KIDS COUNT 10 Key Indicators
Preventing Low Birth Weight Babies
Reducing Infant Mortality
Reducing the Child Death Rate
Reducing the Teen Death Rate
Reducing the Teen Birth Rate
Reducing the High School Drop Out Rate
Reducing the Number of Disconnected Youth
Increasing the Percentage of Children Whose Parents Have Stable Employment
Reducing the Child Poverty Rate
Increasing the Percentage of Children Living in Two-Parent Families
Supplementary Tables
States Ranked by Percent Change for Kids Count 10 Key Indicators
Table 1.1 - Low Birth-Weight Babies [
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Table 1.2 - Infant Mortality [
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Table 1.3 - Child Deaths [
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Table 1.4 - Teen Deaths [
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Table 1.5 - Teen Births [
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Table 1.6 - High School Drop Outs [
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Table 1.7 - Teens Not in School and Not Working [
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Table 1.8 - Children Living in Families Where No Parent Has Full-time, Year-Round, Employment [
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Table 1.9 - Child Poverty [
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Table 1.10 - Children Living in Single-Parent Families [
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States Ranked by Indicators on Left Hand Page of Kids Count Data Book Sate Profiles
Table 2.1 - Percent of Children in Immigrant Families [
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Table 2.2 - Percent of Children Without Health Insurance [
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Table 2.3 - Percent of 2-year-olds Who Are Immunized [
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Table 2.4 - Median Income of Families with Children [
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Table 2.5 - Percent of Children in Extreme Poverty (Income less than 50% of poverty) [
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Table 2.6 - Percent in low-income families (income below 200% of poverty level) [
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Table 2.7 - Percent of children in low-income families, spending more than 30% of their income on housing [
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Table 2.8 - Percent 4th Grade students who scored below basic science level [
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Table 2.9 - Percent 8th Grade students who scored below basic science level [
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Table 2.10 - Percent children in the care of grandparents [
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Table 2.11 - Percent children living with neither parent [
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Table 2.12 - Number of children in foster care (per 1,000 children under age 18) [
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Statistical Significance Tables between State and National Values for Kids Count 10 Key Indicators
Statistical Significance Tests Overview
Table 3.1 - Percent Low-Birthweight Babies
Table 3.2 - Infant Mortality Rate
Table 3.3 - Child Death Rates
Table 3.4 - Teen Death Rates
Table 3.5 - Teen Birth Rates
Table 3.6 - High School Dropout Rates
Table 3.7 - Percent Teens Not in School and Not Working
Table 3.8 - Percent Children Living in Families Where No Parent Has Full-time, Year-Round, Employment
Table 3.9 - Child Poverty
Table 3.10 - Children Living in Single-Parent Families
Statistical Significance of Changes since 2000 in State and National Values for Kids Count 10 Key Indicators
Table 4.1 - Low-Birthweight Babies
Table 4.2 - Infant Mortality
Table 4.3 - Child Deaths
Table 4.4 - Teen Deaths
Table 4.5 - Teen Births
Table 4.6 - High School Dropout
Table 4.7 - Teens Not in School and Not Working
Table 4.8 - Children Living in Families Where No Parent Has Full-time, Year-Round, Employment
Table 4.9 - Child Poverty
Table 4.10 - Children Living in Single-Parent Families
Table 4.11 - Overall KIDS COUNT Index
Confidence Intervals for American Community Survey-based Kids Count 10 Key Indicators, 2000 and 2005
Table 5.1 - Low-Birthweight Babies
Table updated December 2007
Table 5.2 - Infant Mortality
Table 5.3 - Child Deaths
Table 5.4 - Teen Deaths
Table 5.5 - Teen Births
Table 5.6 - High School Dropout
Table 5.7 - Teens Not in School and Not Working
Table 5.8 - Children Living in Families Where No Parent Has Full-time, Year-Round, Employment
Table 5.9 - Child Poverty
Table 5.10 - Children Living in Single-Parent Families
Race/Ethnicity for Kids Count 10 Key Indicators
Data Sources – All Years
Table 6.1 – 10 Key Indicators of Child Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin Status: 2004/2005
Table 6.2 – 10 Key Indicators of Child Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin Status: 2003/2004
Table 6.3 – 10 Key Indicators of Child Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin Status: 2002/2003
Table 6.4 – 10 Key Indicators of Child Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin Status: 2001/2002
Table 6.5 – 10 Key Indicators of Child Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin Status: 2000/2001
Table 6.6 – 10 Key Indicators of Child Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin Status: 1999/2000
Number and rate of Teen Death by Cause of Death for the 50 States and D.C., 2000-2004
Table 7.1 - Number and Rate of Teen Deaths Due to All Causes
Table 7.2 - Number and Rate of Teen Deaths Due to Accidents
Table 7.3 - Number and Rate of Teen Deaths Due to Homicide
Table 7.4 - Number and Rate of Teen Deaths Due to Suicide
Table 7.5 - Number and Rate of Teen Deaths Due to Causes Other than Accident, Homicide or Suicide
