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    Ten important indicators of child well-being included in our annual KIDS COUNT Data Book.

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Low-birthweight babies (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
314,077 324,064 331,772 338,573 351,974
Low-birthweight babies (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
7.8% 7.9% 8.1% 8.2% 8.3%
Infant mortality (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
28,034 28,025 27,936 28,440 28,527
Infant mortality (Rate per 1,000) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
7.0 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.7
Child deaths (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
12,008 11,919 11,619 11,358 10,780
Child deaths (Rate per 100,000) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
21 21 20 20 19
Teen deaths from all causes (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
13,812 13,595 13,706 13,703 13,739
Teen deaths from all causes (Rate per 100,000) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
68 66 66 65 64
Teen births by age group (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
Age Group 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
15 to 17 138,731 134,384 133,980 133,195 138,943
18 to 19 286,762 280,196 281,282 281,418 296,493
15 to 19 425,493 414,580 415,262 414,613 435,436
Teen births by age group (Rate per 1,000) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
Age Group 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
15 to 17 23 22 22 21 22
18 to 19 73 71 70 70 73
15 to 19 43 42 41 40 42
Teens who are high school dropouts (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
1,138,000 1,114,000 1,150,000 1,172,000 1,122,000
Teens who are high school dropouts (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
8% 7% 7% 7% 6%
Teens not attending school and not working (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
         
Teens not attending school and not working (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
         
Children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
23,676,000 24,353,000 24,526,000 24,275,000 24,281,000
Children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
33% 33% 34% 33% 33%
Children in poverty (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
13,245,000 13,360,000 13,286,000 13,097,000 13,241,000
Children in poverty (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
18% 19% 18% 18% 18%
Children in single-parent families (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
21,361,000 21,682,000 22,028,000 22,282,000 22,659,000
Children in single-parent families (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
31% 32% 32% 32% 32%

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