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Data Sources for 10 Key Indicators of Child Well Being by Race and Hispanic Origin
Percent low-birthweight babies: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics:
Births, Final Data for 1999, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 49, No. 1 (April 17, 2001), Tables 24, 25.
Births, Final Data for 2000, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 5 (February 12, 2002), Tables 24, 25.
Births, Final Data for 2001, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 51, No. 2 (December 18, 2002), Tables 24, 25.
Births, Final Data for 2002, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 52, No. 10 (December 17, 2003), Tables 24, 25.
Births, Final Data for 2003, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 2, September 8, 2005, Tables 24 and 25.
Births, Final Data for 2004, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 55, No. 1, September 29, 2006, Tables 23 and 254
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics:
Infant Mortality Statistics from the 1999 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 4 (January 30, 2002), Tables A, B.
Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2000 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 12 (August 28, 2002), Tables A, B.
Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2001 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 52, No. 2 (September 15, 2003), Tables A, B.
Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2002 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 53, No. 10 (November 24, 2004), Tables A, B.
Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2003 CD-Rom and “Births: Final Data for 2003,” National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 2 (September 8, 2004), Table 10.
Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2004 CD-Rom
Child death rate (deaths per 100,000 children ages 1 - 14): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics:
Deaths: Final Data for 1999, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 49, No. 8 (September 21, 2001), Tables V, VI, 3, 4.
Deaths: Final Data for 2000, National Vital Statistics Report Vol. 50, No. 15 (September 16, 2002), Tables I, II, 3, 4.
Deaths: Final Data for 2001, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 52, No. 3 (September 18, 2003), Tables I, II, 3, 4.
Deaths: Final Data for 2002, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 53, No. 5 (October 12, 2004), Tables I, II, 3, 4.
Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2003 CD-Rom and National Center for Health Statistics.
Estimates of the July 1, 2000-July 1, 2003, United States resident population from the Vintage 2003 postcensal series by year, county, age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, prepared under a collaborative arrangement with the U.S. Census Bureau. Available on the Internet at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/popbridge.htm. September 14, 2004.
Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2004 CD-Rom
State Characteristics Population Estimates File, Available on the Internet at:
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/files/sc_est2004_6race.csv
Teen death rate (deaths per 100,000 teens ages 15 - 19): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics:
Deaths: Final Data for 1999, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 49, No. 8 (September 21, 2001), Tables 2, 3.
Deaths: Final Data for 2000, National Vital Statistics Report Vol. 50, No. 15 (September 16, 2002), Tables 3, 4.
Deaths: Final Data for 2001, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 52, No. 3 (September 18, 2003), Tables 3, 4.
Deaths: Final Data for 2002, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 53, No. 5 (October 12, 2004), Tables 3, 4.
Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2003 CD-Rom and National Center for Health Statistics. Estimates of the July 1, 2000-July 1, 2003, United States resident population from the Vintage 2003 postcensal series by year, county, age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, prepared under a collaborative arrangement with the U.S. Census Bureau. Available on the Internet at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/popbridge.htm. September 14, 2004.
Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2004 CD-Rom
State Characteristics Population Estimates File, Available on the Internet at: http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/files/sc_est2004_6race.csv
Teen birth rate (births per 1,000 females ages 15 - 19): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics:
Births, Final Data for 2000, National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 50, No. 5 (February 12, 2002), Tables 4, 9 and Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data, Table P14.
Births, Final Data for 2001, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 51, No. 2 (December 18, 2002), Tables 4, 9 and State Characteristics Population Estimates File, accessed online at eire.census.gov/popest/data/states/files/STCH-6R.txt (November 21, 2003).
Births, Final Data for 2002, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 52, No. 10 (December 17, 2003), Tables 4, 9 and State Characteristics Population Estimates File, accessed online at eire.census.gov/popest/data/states/files/STCH-6R.txt (November 21, 2003).
Births, Final Data for 2003, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 2, September 8, 2005, Tables 4 and 9 and State Characteristics Population Estimates File, accessed online at www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/files/SC-EST2003-race6.csv (May 13, 2005).
Births, Final Data for 2004, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 55, No. 1, September 29, 2006, Tables 4 and 9 and State Characteristics Population Estimates File, accessed online at http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/files/sc_est2004_6race.csv.
Percent of teens who are high school dropouts (ages 16 - 19): Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, accessed online at http://factfinder.census.gov.
Percent of teens not attending school and not working (ages 16 - 19): Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, accessed online at http://factfinder.census.gov.
Percent of children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). Data reflect employment status for the previous year.
Percent of children in poverty: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, accessed online at http://factfinder.census.gov. Data reflect poverty status for the previous year.
Percent of families with children headed by a single parent: Population Reference Bureau, analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, accessed online at http://factfinder.census.gov. Data reflect poverty status for the previous year.