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Update #26

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New Health indicator: Births to foreign-born mothers

4/30/2007

The following indicator is a new addition to the State Level Data Online website.

• Births to foreign-born mothers - using 2004 final birth and death microdata from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.

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There are currently ten KIDS COUNT measures: percent low birth-weight babies; infant mortality rate; child death rate; rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide, and suicide; teen birth rate; percent of children living with parents who do not have full-time, year-round employment; percent of teens who are high school dropouts; percent of teens not attending school and not working; percent of children in poverty; and percent of families with children headed by a single-parent. The Data Book also provides background information for each state, including demographic and family income data.

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