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KidsCount in Colorado! 2002.
By Kaye Boeke, Colorado Childrens Campaign
March 2002

Summary: This Kids Count report examines statewide countywide, and citywide trends in the well-being of Colorado's children. Following a brief foreword, the report presents state data and city data for 15 major cities in the form of a report card. The report cards relay: demographic data related to number of children by age and race; indicators of child health and well-being related to births for the period of 1991-2000 including trend changes; lists of promising trends, troubling trends, stable indicators; and general conclusions. The third section presents comparative state and city data for the period 1991-2000 for the following indicators: (1) births to single women; (2) births to single teens; (3) births to mothers with no high school diploma; (4) three-risk-factor births (mothers under 25, unmarried, with fewer that 12 years of education); (5) repeat teen births; (6) low birth weight births; (7) births to women receiving late or no prenatal care; (8) births to mothers who smoked during pregnancy; and (9) infant mortality rate. The fourth section presents county data for the year 2000 for the following indicators: (1) demographics; (2) median household income; (3) children in poverty; (4) live births; (5) births to single women; (6) low birthweight births; (7) late or no prenatal care; (8) teen birth rate; (9) three-risk-factor births; (10) infant mortality; (11) child deaths; (12) teen deaths; (13) child abuse or neglect; (14) out-of-home placement; (15) children in families enrolled in TANF; (16) children in families receiving WIC; (17) children enrolled in Medicaid; (18) children enrolled in child health plan plus; (19) children receiving free or reduced lunch; (20) high school graduation rate; and (21) high school dropout rate. The report concludes with data notes and definitions.

Index Terms: Child Welfare, Children, Health, Statistics, Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Death, Demographics, Health Insurance, Incidence, Infant Mortality, Infants, Injuries, Juvenile Crime, Leaver Studies, Lunch Programs, Physical Development, Poverty, Prenatal, Prenatal Care, Preschool Education, School Age Children, State Surveys, Statistics, Teen Parents, Trend Analysis, Welfare, Colorado, Medicaid

Sponsoring Institution (or Funding Source): Colorado Children's Campaign Denver.(BBB33936)

Publication Type: Statistical Data

Pages: 77 pages
Language: English

ERIC Number: ED465427

Availability
Colorado Childrens Campaign 225 East 16th Avenue, Suite B-300, Denver, CO 80203.
Tel: 303-839-1580; Fax: 303-839-1354; Web site: http://www.coloradokids.org.


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