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2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book Online > 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 24
  • Births, Final Data for 2005, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 6, December 5, 2007, Tables 23 and 24
  • 2006 data: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. VitalStats. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/vitalstats.htm. May 2009.



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.
  • Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2003 CD-Rom, National Center for Health Statistics 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, National Center for Health Statistics and "Births: Final Data for 2004," National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 55, No. 1 (September 29, 2006), Tables 2 and 5.
  • Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2005 accessed from National Bureau of Economic Research website http://www.nber.org/data/vital-statistics-mortality-data-mulitiple-cause-of-death.html and "Births: Final Data for 2005," National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 56, No. 6 (December 5, 2007), Tables 2 and 5.
  • 2006 data: Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2005 accessed from National Bureau of Economic Research website http://www.nber.org/data/vital-statistics-mortality-data-mulitiple-cause-of-death.html and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. VitalStats. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/vitalstats.htm. May 2009.



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, National Center for Health Statistics.
  • Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2004 CD-Rom, National Center for Health Statistics.
  • Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2005 accessed from National Bureau of Economic Research website http://www.nber.org/data/vital-statistics-mortality-data-mulitiple-cause-of-death.html
  • United States resident population ages 1-14 from the Vintage 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.



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.
  • Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2004 CD-Rom.
  • Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2005 accessed from National Bureau of Economic Research website http://www.nber.org/data/vital-statistics-mortality-data-mulitiple-cause-of-death.html.
  • 2006 data: Multiple Causes of Death Public Use Files for 2005 accessed from National Bureau of Economic Research website http://www.nber.org/data/vital-statistics-mortality-data-mulitiple-cause-of-death.html
  • United States resident population ages 15-19 from the Vintage 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.



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.
  • Births, Final Data for 2002, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 52, No. 10 (December 17, 2003), Tables 4, 9.
  • Births, Final Data for 2003, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 2, September 8, 2005, Tables 4 and 9.
  • Births, Final Data for 2004, National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 55, No. 1, September 29, 2006, Tables 4 and 9.
  • Vital Stats data access system, Birth Data Files accessed from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/vitalstats/VitalStatsbirths.htm.
  • 2006 data: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. VitalStats. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/vitalstats.htm. May 2009.
  • United States resident population of females ages 15-19 from the State Characteristics Population Estimates File by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin, 6 race groups - 5 race alone groups and one multiple race group accessed online at http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/2000s/.



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, table B14005.



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, table B14005.



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 Microdata Sample.



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, table B17001.



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, table C23008.