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    Nine indicators from the Early Reading Indicators: 2010 KIDS COUNT Special Report.

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Category: Health

Birth Outcomes
Total Births (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
126,742 124,647 121,237 114,717 115,395
Births to Teens Under Age 20 (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
12,388 12,483 12,265 11,687 10,845
Births to Teens Under Age 20 (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
9.8% 10.0% 10.1% 9.9% 9.4%
Repeat Teen Births Ages 15-19 (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2,270 2,289 2,227 2,091 1,874
Repeat Teen Births Ages 15-19 (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
18.6% 18.6% 18.4% 18.1% 17.5%
Births to Unwed Mothers (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
48,347 49,077 49,092 48,668 48,563
Births to Unwed Mothers (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
38.1% 39.4% 40.5% 41.3% 42.1%
Births to Mothers With < 12 Years of Education (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
22,248 21,907 21,847 21,628 21,301
Births to Mothers With < 12 Years of Education (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
17.0% 16.8% 16.9% 16.9% 16.8%
Births to Mothers with No Diploma or GED - New Birth Certificate (Number)
2009 2010 2011
19,343 18,773 17,573
Births to Mothers with No Diploma or GED - New Birth Certificate (Percent)
2009 2010 2011
16.2% 15.9% 15.2%
Births With Late or No Prenatal Care (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
4,386 4,070 3,859 3,829 4,145
Births With Late or No Prenatal Care (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
3.3% 3.1% 3.0% 3.0% 3.3%
Births with Late or No Prenatal Care - New Birth Certificate (Number)
2008 2009 2010 2011
6,772 5,984 5,665 4,566
Births with Late or No Prenatal Care - New Birth Certificate (Percent)
2008 2009 2010 2011
5.6% 5.0% 4.8% 4.0%
Births With Less than Adequate Prenatal Care (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
28,455 28,349 28,275 28,049 28,511
Births With Less than Adequate Prenatal Care (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
21.7% 21.8% 21.9% 21.9% 22.5%
Births to Mothers Who Smoked During Pregnancy (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
19,613 18,709 18,075 17,645 17,850
Births to Mothers Who Smoked During Pregnancy (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
14.9% 14.4% 14.0% 13.8% 14.1%
Births to Mothers Who Smoked During Pregnancy - New Birth Certificate (Number)
2009 2010 2011
21,647 21,246 21,952
Low Birthweight Babies (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
10,645 10,536 10,245 9,957 9,702
Low Birthweight Babies (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
8.4% 8.5% 8.5% 8.5% 8.4%
Preterm Births (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
12,538 12,619 12,367 11,928 12,263
Preterm Births (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
8.4% 8.5% 10.2% 10.1% 10.6%
Medicaid Paid Births - 3 year average (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
49,569 51,360 51,838 51,930 51,671
Medicaid Paid Births - 3 year average (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
39.1% 41.2% 42.8% 44.1% 44.8%
Births to Mothers Who Are Foreign Born (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
15,677 15,161 14,507 13,892 13,347
Births to Mothers Who Are Foreign Born (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
12.4% 12.2% 12.0% 11.8% 11.6%
Births With No Paternity Established (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
18,763 19,047 18,944 19,004 18,565
Births With No Paternity Established (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
14.6% 15.0% 15.2% 15.7% 15.8%
Very Low-birthweight babies (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2,022 2,076 1,987 1,890 1,818
Very Low-birthweight babies (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1.6% 1.7% 1.6% 1.6% 1.6%
Health Insurance
Children Ages 0-18 Insured by MIChild (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
30,379 30,147 32,361 30,263 35,977
Children Ages 0-18 Insured by MIChild (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1.2% 1.2% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4%
Children Ages 0-18 Insured by Medicaid (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
873,597 913,431 940,393 1,018,091 994,090
Children Ages 0-18 Insured by Medicaid (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
33.3% 35.3% 37.0% 40.7% 39.8%
Medicaid Paid Births - single year (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
50,186 51,668 52,226 51,620 51,944
Medicaid Paid Births - single year (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
39.4% 41.3% 43.1% 44.0% 45.3%
Children Ages 0-18 With Health Insurance (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
2,407,049 2,377,455 2,353,468 2,311,269 2,317,648
Children Ages 0-18 With Health Insurance (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
93.2% 93.2% 94.9% 94.9% 95.5%
Vital Statistics
Infant Deaths (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
979 983 944 924 864
Infant Deaths (Rate) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
7.6 7.8 7.6 7.6 7.3
Child Deaths Ages 1-14 (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
376 358 322 318 306
Child Deaths Ages 1-14 (Rate) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
19.5 18.9 17.3 17.4 17.0
Teen Deaths Ages 15-19 (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
439 426 414 412 398
Teen Deaths Ages 15-19 (Rate) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
59.1 57.1 55.6 55.6 54.0
Child & Teen Deaths Ages 1-19 (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
815 785 736 729 704
Child & Teen Deaths Ages 1-19 (Rate) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
30.5 29.7 28.3 28.4 27.7
Births to Teens Ages 15-19 (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
12,117 12,203 12,281 12,076 11,523
Births to Teens Ages 15-19 (Rate) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
33.4 33.5 33.7 33.3 31.9
Teen Pregnancies Ages 15-19 (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
19,422 19,467 19,647 19,242 18,409
Teen Pregnancies Ages 15-19 (Rate) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
53.6 53.4 54.0 53.2 51.1
Indicators by Race and Ethnicity
Births by Race (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
Race 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total 126,742 124,647 121,237 117,752 115,395
White Non-Hispanic 90,126 88,019 85,008 81,870 80,081
Black Non-Hispanic 22,574 22,637 22,407 22,125 21,859
Hispanic 8,436 8,531 8,508 8,344 8,086
Other Non-Hispanic 5,607 5,459 5,315 5,413 5,416
Births by Race (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
Race 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total          
White Non-Hispanic 71.1% 70.6% 70.1% 69.5% 69.4%
Black Non-Hispanic 17.8% 18.2% 18.5% 18.8% 18.9%
Hispanic 6.7% 6.8% 7.0% 7.1% 7.0%
Other Non-Hispanic 4.4% 4.4% 4.4% 4.6% 4.7%
Other Health
Children Ages 19-35 Months With All Immunizations (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
134,855 120,904 114,422 126,747 127,385
Children Ages 19-35 Months With All Immunizations (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
72.4% 65.2% 60.9% 70.0% 74.1%
Children Ages 1-2 Tested for Lead (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
84,438 88,649 88,486 89,163 88,629
Children Ages 1-2 Tested for Lead (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
31.8% 34.5% 35.4% 36.2% 37.5%
Children Ages 1-2 With Elevated Blood Lead (10 ug/dl) (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1,181 984 833 751 543
Children Ages 1-2 With Elevated Blood Lead (10 ug/dl) (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1.4% 1.1% 0.9% 0.8% 0.6%
Children Ages 1-2 With Elevated Blood Lead (5 ug/dl) (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
11,469 8,831 7,763 5,776 4,484
Children Ages 1-2 With Elevated Blood Lead (5 ug/dl) (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
13.6% 10.0% 8.8% 6.5% 5.1%
Children Ages 1-2 on Medicaid, Tested for Lead (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
63,558 62,610 64,827 67,118 65,500
Children Ages 1-2 on Medicaid, Tested for Lead (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
49.6% 47.6% 47.1% 48.0% 39.9%
Children Ages 1-2 on Medicaid With Elevated Blood Lead (10ug/dl) (Number) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1,079 856 742 675 496
Children Ages 1-2 on Medicaid With Elevated Blood Lead (10ug/dl) (Percent) Showing most recent 5 years; Show All Years
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1.7% 1.4% 1.1% 0.8% 1.0%
Children Ages 1-2 on Medicaid, With Elevated Blood Lead (5 ug/dl) (Number)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
10,463 7,734 6,769 5,718 3,875
Children Ages 1-2 on Medicaid, With Elevated Blood Lead (5 ug/dl) (Percent)
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
16.5% 12.4% 10.4% 8.5% 5.9%
Children and teens overweight or obese by gender (Percent)
Gender 2003 2007
Male 31% 35%
Female 26% 26%
Total 10 to 17 29% 31%
Children and teens not exercising regularly (Percent)
2003 2007
54% 50%
Children with special health care needs (Number)
2001 2005-2006 2007
360,837 387,008 532,000
Children with special health care needs (Percent)
2001 2005-2006 2007
14% 15% 22%
Percent of children with asthma problems (Percent)
2003 2007
9% 9%