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KIDS COUNT is a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and a premier source of data on children and families. Each year, the Foundation produces a comprehensive report — the KIDS COUNT Data Book — that assesses child well-being in the United States. The indicators featured in the Data Book are also available in the Data Center.
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May 22, 2020
Latest Data Show Six-Year Stretch Without Progress in an Important Indicator of Child Well-Being: Low Birth-Weight Babies
According to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Center for Health Statistics, the percentage of babies born at low birth weights in the United States held steady at 8.3% in 2018, the sixth straight year this figure has stayed the same or increased.
May 22, 2020
Teen Births Once Again Fell Significantly
The teen birth rate in 2018 was less than half of what it was 10 years ago, according to figures just released.
May 22, 2020
More Young Adults Used Pot, But Fewer Drank, Smoked Cigarettes or Used Other Drugs, According to Latest Data
The share of young adults who used pot has eclipsed the percentage who smoked tobacco cigarettes, marking a noteworthy change in American substance-use habits.
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The KIDS COUNT Data Center allows users to browse data one indicator at a time. To view any number of indicators for a particular geographical area at once, users can create a custom report.
A custom report’s URL is permanent. Users can bookmark it and refer back to the data over time.
