Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: Low-Birthweight Babies are those weighing less than 2,500 grams (about 5.5 pounds) at birth.

Data Source: CBER calculations from Nevada Department of Health and Human Services data, Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology, Bureau of Health Statistics, Planning and Emergency Response, Nevada State Health Division.

Footnotes: LNE = Low Number Event, Calculated rates based on very small numbers are not statistically reliable; Annual data are three-year averages.
LNE is used for the years after 2008. They are counties with less than 10 low birthweight births over the 3-year period.

Definitions: The Infant Mortality Rate measures the number of babies who die during their first year of life, per 1,000 live births. The data are reported by county of residence, rather than place of death.

Data Source: CBER calculations from Nevada State Health Division data, Bureau of Health Statistics, Planning, Epidemiology, and Response, Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology. The 2008 infant mortality rate is based on 2006 and 2007 final death data and preliminary 2008 data.
The 2010 infant mortality rate is based on 2008 and 2009 final death data and preliminary 2010 data. More...

Footnotes: LNE = Low Number Event, Calculated rates based on very small numbers are not statistically reliable; Annual data are three-year averages. Average three-year rates are not calculated for counties with fewer than 600 births or fewer than 5 deaths.

Definitions: The Child Death Rate is the number of deaths (from all causes) of children between the ages of 1 and 14, per 100,000 children. The data are reported by the child’s county of residence, rather than by where the death occurred.

Data Source: CBER calculations from Nevada State Health Division data, Bureau of Health Statistics, Planning, Epidemiology, and Response, Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology. The 2008 child death rate is based on 2006 and 2007 final death data and preliminary 2008 data.
The 2010 child death rate is based on 2008 and 2009 final death data and preliminary 2010 data. More...

Footnotes: LNE = Low Number Event, Calculated rates based on very small numbers are not statistically reliable; Annual data are three-year averages. Average three-year rates are not calculated for an age-specific population of less than 10,000 or fewer than 5 deaths.

Definitions: The Teen Birth Rate is the number of births to teenage females between the ages of 15 and 19, per 1,000 females.

Data Source: CBER calculations from Nevada Department of Health and Human Services data, Office of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology, Bureau of Health Statistics, Planning, Epidemiology, and Response, Nevada State Health Division.

Footnotes: LNE = Low Number Event, Calculated rates based on very small numbers are not statistically reliable; Annual data are three-year averages.  Rates are not shown for counties with fewer than 10 births over the 3-year period.

Definitions:  
As of 2009, the definition of a dropout is an individual who:
1. was enrolled in school at some time during the previous school year and was not enrolled by October 1 of the current school year; or
2. was not enrolled at the beginning of the previous school year although was expected to be in membership (i.e., was not reported as a dropout the year before); and
3. has not graduated from high school or completed a state- or district-approved educational program; and
4. does not meet any of the following exclusionary restrictions:
   i. transfer to another public school district, private school, or state- or district-approved education program;
   ii. temporary school-recognized absence due to suspension or illness; or
   iii.death.

The definition of a dropout prior to 2009:
Dropouts are students who had withdrawn from school after the first day of fall enrollment, or who had completed the previous school year, but did not return for the start of the new school year.
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Data Source: Nevada Department of Education.

Footnotes: N/A = No Instruction. Esmeralda County School District does not provide instruction in grades 9-12.
LNE = Percentages were not calculated for groups with fewer than 10 observations.

Definitions: The Percent of Children in Poverty is the percentage of children under the age of 18 who live in families with incomes below the U.S. poverty threshold.

The U.S. poverty threshold for a family of four, 2 adults and 2 children, was $15,455, $15,911, $16,276, $16,530, $16,895, $17,463, $17,960, $18,224, $18,660, $19,803, $19,806, $20,444, $21,027, $21,834, $21,756 and $22,113, for 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively. More...

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, Small Area Estimates Branch.