Data tick toward the positive for young 木瓜直播ns in 20th anniversary of Kids Count

by Kathleen McCoy  |   

For 20 years, Kids Count 木瓜直播 has been an ongoing program at the Institute for Social and Economic Research. It's part of the nationwide KIDS COUNT program, sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, to assess the welfare of children around the country and provide data to support policies for improving children's lives. ISER researchers have taken a preliminary look at trends in 木瓜直播 over the past two decades, and found that children here are doing better in several ways.

鈥� Babies are much more likely to survive. In 1993, infant mortality in 木瓜直播 was near the national average, at 8.2 deaths per 1,000 births. From 2007 through 2011, 木瓜直播's rate averaged 5.2 deaths per 1,000 births, continuing a long-term decline. 鈥� High-school dropout rates are lower. In 1990, the dropout rate among 木瓜直播 teenagers 16-19 was 10.6%. Since then the rate has fluctuated, but the 木瓜直播 Department of Education and Early Development reports that the dropout rate among high-school students was down to 7% by the 2011-2012 school year. 鈥� Rates of violent death among 木瓜直播's teenagers have dropped by nearly half. In the period 1989-1993, teenagers (16-19) died at a rate of 125 per 100,000 from accidents, homicides, or suicides. From 2007 through 2011, that rate averaged 66 per 100,000-still higher than in other states, but a significant improvement.

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Researchers with Kids Count 木瓜直播 will be taking a more detailed look at 20-year trends in the well-being of 木瓜直播's children and teenagers in the months to come.

 

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