Need quick data on children in North Carolina? Select any of 10 major indicators of child well-being from the drop down menu on the left to see how N.C. compares to the U.S.
Data on child deaths in
North Carolina is available from the N.C. Child Fatality Task Force. The 2008 data, gathered by the
StateCenter for Health Statistics and the Child Fatality Staff in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, show a 5 percent decrease in child deaths between 2007 and 2008, the lowest child death rates ever recorded. Child deaths have decreased 18 percent over the last decade and a remarkable 33 percent since the inception of the Child Fatality Task Force in 1991.
The purpose of the North Carolina Child Health Report Card is to heighten awareness of the health of children and youth across our state. Leading health indicators on access to care and preventive health, health risk behaviors and death and injury are summarized in this one easy-to-read document.
Child Health Report Cards are available for 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005.
The 2006 North Carolina Children's Index includes more than 75 indicators of child and youth well-being in the following areas: child health and safety, economic (in)security, early care and education, child maltreatment, juvenile justice and demographics. The 2006 Index also includes a special section highlighting how the children and youth of
North Carolina are developing in positive ways.
Copies of the Children's Index are free. If you would like to order multiple copies of the Index, we do ask that you pay postage costs. Please email your name, organization, mailing address and phone number to admin@ncchild.org
KIDS COUNT Data Center, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. This system contains state- and county-level data for more than 100 measures of child well-being, including information on children in immigrant families, education, employment and income, health, health insurance, population and family characteristics, poverty and youth risk factors. This easy-to-use, powerful online database allows you to generate custom reports for a geographic area (Profiles) or to compare geographic areas on a topic (Ranking, Maps, and Line Graphs).
