SOURCES

Graphs on individual pages reference sources which are included on this page.


I. Population Characteristics
  • I.1 U.S. Census Bureau. 2003 American Community Survey summary tables. American FactFinder, Tables P004, P005.
  • I.2 U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Survey, 2003 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. September 2004.
  • I.3 U.S. Census Bureau. Children’s living arrangements and characteristics: March 2002. Current Population Report, June 2003.
  • I.4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Survey of Family Growth, 2002. Analysis conducted by the Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center.
  • I.5 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Digest of education statistics, 2003; Chapter 3. Available from: http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/list_tables.asp
  • I.6 American Association of Medical Colleges. AMC Data Warehouse: Applicant Matriculant File, Medical School Student as of 7/14/2003; American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine. 2003 Annual Report on Osteopathic Medical Education; American Dental Association, Survey Center, 2002-03 Survey of Predoctoral Dental Education; Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry. Annual Students Survey, 2002-2003; American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Profile of Pharmacy Students, Fall 2002; Association of Schools of Public Health. 2002 Annual data Report; American Association of Colleges of Nursing. 2002-2003 Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing; Commission on Accreditation of Dietetics Education. Unpublished data; Council on Social Work Education. Unpublished data.
  • I.7 U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey summary tables. American FactFinder, Table P67; U.S. Department of Defense. Population representation in the military services: 2002. Available from: http://www.humrro.org/poprep2002/
  • I.8 U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey summary tables. American FactFinder, Table P111.
  • I.9 U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Survey, 2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Available from: http://www.bls.census.gov/cps/asec/adsmain.htm
  • I.10 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Characteristics of Food Stamp Households: Fiscal Year 2003. November 2004.
  • I.11 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Women, Infants, and Children. Program Data, Monthly Data—National Level, FY 2002 through October 2004. Available at http://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/WIC_Monthly.htm
  • I.12 Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Sixth Annual Report to Congress. November 2004. Available from: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/annualreport6/ar6index.htm


II. Health Status

  • II.1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002. Analysis conducted by the Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center.
  • II.2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2003. Analysis conducted by the Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center.
  • II.3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Surveillance summaries. MMWR 2004 May;(53SS-2).
  • II.4 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Results for the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: detailed tables. Office of Applied Studies, Rockville, MD, September 2004.
  • II.5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2002. Analysis conducted by the Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center.
  • II.6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2003, Vol. 15. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrlink.htm
  • II.7 American Cancer Society. Cancer facts and figures 2005. Available from: http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2005PWSecured4.pdf
  • II.8 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (www.seer.cancer.gov) SEER*Stat Database: Incidence - SEER 11 Regs Public-Use. National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch. Released April 2004.
  • II.9 McCaig LF, Burt CW. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 Emergency Department summary. Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, No. 340, March 2004.
  • II.10 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Analysis conducted by the Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center.
  • II.11 Kochanek, M.A., et al. Deaths: final data for 2002. National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 53, No. 5. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. October 2003.
  • II.12 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2004. Hyattsville, MD: 2004.
  • II.13 National Committee for Quality Assurance. The State of Health Care Quality 2004. Washington, DC: NCQA, 2004.
  • II.14 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually transmitted disease surveillance, 2003. Atlanta, GA: September 2004.
  • II.15 Catalano SM. Criminal victimization, 2003. Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey. September 2004, NCJ 205455.
  • II.16 U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics online. Available from: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook
  • II.17 Hamilton BE, Martin JA, Sutton PD. Births: preliminary data for 2003. National Vital Statistics Reports 2004;5(39).
  • II.18 Ventura SJ, Abma JC, Mosher WD, Henshaw S. Estimated pregnancy rates for the United States, 1990-2000: an update. National Vital Statistics Reports 2004;52(23).
  • II.19 Mosher WD, Martinez GM, Chandra A, Abma JC, Willson SJ. Use of contraception and use of family planning services in the United States: 1982-2002. Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, No. 350, December 2004.
  • II.20 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Breastfeeding Practices: Results from the 2003 National Immunization Survey.
  • II.21 Gaynes BN, Gavin N, Meltzer-Brody S, Lohr KN, Swinson T, Gartlehner G, Brody S, Miller WC. Perinatal depression: prevalence, screening accuracy, and screening outcomes. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 119. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2005.
  • II.22 Healthy Border 2010: An agenda for improving health on the United States-Mexico border. October 2003. Available from: http://www.borderhealth.org; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2003. Hyattsville, MD: 2003.
  • II.23 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2002 Full Year Consolidated Data File (HC-070). Released December 2004. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component Data. Generated using MEPSnet/HC. Available from: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsnet/HC/MEPSnetHC.asp
  • II.24 Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics. Older Americans 2004: key indicators of well-being. Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, November 2004.


III. Health Services Utilization

  • III.1 Employee Benefit Research Institute. Sources of health insurance and characteristics of the uninsured: analysis of the March 2004 Current Population Survey. Issue Brief No. 276, December 2004.
  • III.2 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Unpublished data.
  • III.3 Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Title V Information System. Available from: https://performance.hrsa.gov/mchb/mchreports/Search/search.asp
  • III.4 Woodwell DA, Cherry DK. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2002 summary. Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, No. 346, August 2004.
  • III.5 National Center for Health Statistics. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2002. Analysis conducted by the Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center.
  • III.6 DeFrances CJ, Hall MJ. 2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey. Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, No. 342, May 2004.
  • III.7 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Data tables. http://www.optn.org/data/
  • III.8 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: 2002 compendium of tables—household medical expenditures. AHRQ, Rockville, MD, December 2004. Available from: http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/CompendiumTables/TC_TOC.htm